In the Beginning
- ISBN-10
- 0517199866
- ISBN-13
- 9780517199862
- Series
- In the Beginning
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998-04-07
- Author
- Karen Armstrong
Description
In this fascinating book by the author of A History of God and Jerusalem, one of the best-known and least-understood books of the Bible is clarified for modern readers. Armstrong shows readers how the ancient tales of the Creation, the Fall, Cain and Abel, Noah, Abraham, Jacob, and Joseph illuminate our most profound and impenetrable problems.
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