Deserted: Retelling Bible Stories Without an Angry GodWhat would the earliest stories of the Bible be like without an angry God smiting humans with floods, fire, frogs, and brimstone? They might become the story of a mother surviving a snake bite and a dangerous pregnancy. Architects and dreamers building towers and boats to save themselves from the harsh desert. A doctor who obsessively cleans. Young gay lovers seeking refuge in the sanctuary cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Estranged brothers planning ten terrorist attacks to free their people from slavery. Without an angry God, the Bible might become a fictional collection of stories about deeply human men, women, and children from a small nomadic tribe deserted in an ancient Hebrew desert. |
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Contents
Naameh and the Ark | 20 |
The Unplanned City of Babel | 39 |
Isaac and the Sanctuary Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah | 61 |
Doctor Leviticus | 81 |
Aaron and the Burning Bush | 98 |
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Aaron Abel Adam animals arms asked Bab-el began body breath brick brother Cain camel Chief Nimrod cold dark deep desk Dinah door eating Egyptian elders eyes face father feeling felt finally fingers fire floor front guard hair hand hard head heard Hebrew holding inside Isaac keep killed laughed leave legs Levi light live looked meat milk morning Moses mother mouth Naameh never night Noah nodded opened palace pointed pulled rain remembered robe rolled Samir sand scroll seen shoulder shouted sick side slowly smiled snake Sodom sound stairs stepped stomach stood stopped stories talk tears tell thought told took tower tried trying turned valley voice waiting walked wall wash watched whispered woman wooden
Bibliographic information
| Title | Deserted: Retelling Bible Stories Without an Angry God |
| Author | Nathan Roberts |
| Illustrated by | Alxndr Jones |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2019 |
| ISBN | 153268228X, 9781532682285 |
| Length | 142 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Christian / General Fiction / General Fiction / Religious |
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