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Paraphrase of John 1:12-13 (p. [351]) : For anyone who says yes to Jesus - For anyone who believes what Jesus said - For anyone who will just reach out to take it - Then God will give them this wonderful gift (Jesus, the substitute person for payment to God for our sins) " To be born into a whole new life - To be who they really are - Who God always made them to be - Their own true selves - God's dear child. Because, you see, the most wonderful thing...
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Yale University Press
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[2022]
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English
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A wide-ranging exploration of the story of Ruth, a foreigner who became the founding mother of the Davidic dynasty "[A]n insightful exploration of the book's themes of otherness, kindness, and loyalty. This is a valuable contribution to the literature on Ruth."-Publishers Weekly "A virtuoso exploration of the Book of Ruth as an admirable touchstone in the realms of literature, art, and human values. Ilana Pardes foregrounds the timeless emergency...
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YALE University Press
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"The book of Job has often been called the greatest poem ever written. The book, in Edward Greenstein's characterization, is "a Wunderkind, a genius emerging out of the confluence of two literary streams" which "dazzles like Shakespeare with unrivaled vocabulary and a penchant for linguistic innovation." Despite the text's literary prestige and cultural prominence, no English translation has come close to conveying the proper sense of the original....
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