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GodJack Miles
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God

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Miles shows us God in the guise of a great literary character, the hero of the Old Testament. In a close, careful, and inspired reading of that testament - book by book, verse by verse - God is seen from his first appearance as Creator to his last as Ancient of Days. The God whom Miles reveals to us is a warrior whose greatest battle is with himself. We see God torn by conflicting urges. To his own sorrow, he is by turns destructive and creative, vain and modest, subtle and naive, ruthless and tender, lawful and lawless, powerful yet powerless, omniscient and blind. As we watch him change…

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Editions

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionTouchstone19984469780684840482
HardcoverRandom House Value Publishing1997—9780517195116
PaperbackVintage19964649780679743682
AudiobookSoundelux Audio Publishing1996—9781559352406
EditionAlfred A. Knopf19954469780679418337
HardcoverSimon & Schuster Ltd—3529780671711788
Bible as literatureGodCriticism, interpretationBibleBiblical teachingOude TestamentGod -- Biblical teachingPersonnalité