An edition of The good book (2015)

The good book

writers reflect on favorite Bible passages

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

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An edition of The good book (2015)

The good book

writers reflect on favorite Bible passages

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

"A collection of previously unpublished pieces by 32 of today's most prominent writers shares their thoughts about biblical passages they find personally meaningful, in a volume that includes contributions by such figures as Edwidge Danticat, Tobias Wolff and Ian Frazier,"--NoveList.

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English
Pages
298

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Good Book: Writers Reflect on Favorite Bible Passages
2015, Simon & Schuster, Limited
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The good book: writers reflect on favorite Bible passages
2015
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Table of Contents

Who is the snake in the Garden of Eden? : a thought experiment -- Avi Steinberg
Noah -- Charles McGrath
Abraham, Isaac, and us : (and Hagar and Ishmael and Trayvon and Michael Brown, too) -- Michael Eric Dyson
My Father's commandments -- Jane Leavy
He who struggles with God -- Alec Wilkinson
Deuterogeniture, or How I killed my grandmother -- André Aciman
The best Jew in the family -- Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts
Come on in, the water's fine -- A.J. Jacobs
Desert stories -- Kathleen Norris
The book of Ruth -- Lois Lowry
Why Psalms is my favorite biblical book -- Reverend Al Sharpton
A reading of the Shepherd's Psalm -- Lydia Davis
Guilty feet have got no rhythm -- James Parker
The song of songs -- Pico Iyer
The valley of dry bones -- Samuel G. Freedman
The book of Jonah: a postmodern exegesis -- Daniel Menaker
New moon haftorah -- Robert Pinsky
The good thief -- Ian Caldwell
The womb and the cistern cell -- Brooks Hansen
Sermon on the mount -- Jay Parini
This saying -- Ian Frazier
Miracles -- Thomas Lynch
Never quite as simple -- Owen King
Long road home : thoughts on the prodigal son -- Tobias Wolff
The beloved disciple -- Colm Tóibín
The parables of Jesus of Nazareth -- Rick Moody
A matter of infinity -- Clyde Edgerton
The beginning of the end -- Paul Elie
Resurrection -- Kerry Kennedy
A voice from Heaven -- Edwidge Danticat
Living on the ledge -- Lauren Slater
The bad book -- Robert Coover.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
220.6
Library of Congress
BS535 .G66 2015, BS535.G66 2015

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvii, 298 pages
Number of pages
298

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL27192553M
ISBN 10
1476789967, 1476789975
ISBN 13
9781476789965, 9781476789972
LCCN
2015010157
OCLC/WorldCat
906294959
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OL20012476W

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