Strange Scriptures That Perplex the Western Mind AUTH-1653559 ISBN13: 9780548661673

ISBN13: 9780548661673

Jones comes a debut novel of stunning emotional depth and unequaled literary power

I Didn't Know You Could Make Birthday Cake from Scratch is the book for every parent who ever stuck a candle in a peanut butter sandwich and called it birthday cake

Lauren and Ryan stay behind

Elwin Sherman

Strange Scriptures That Perplex the Western Mind AUTH-1653559 ISBN13: 9780548661673Because the Bible describes a culture very different from that of Western countries today, what it says is sometimes puzzling to modern readers. In many cases, however, the ways in which Near Eastern merchants and farmers carry on their daily work have hardly changed over the intervening centuries since the inspired authors wrote. The aim of this interesting volume is to clarify familiar scriptural phrases and texts by explaining some unusual Eastern