Joshua, Judges and Ruth for everyone. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Goldingay.
• Authors: Goldingay, John
• Contents: Just one river to cross -- Meanwhile, in the whorehouse -- On getting your feet wet -- Looking forward and backward -- Which side are you on? neither -- Come blow your horn -- Who are the real Canaanites? -- Coveting can kill -- The importance of a game plan -- It's over even when it's not over -- How to get taken in -- How to swallow your pride -- No compromise -- Welcome to the wild wild west -- Welcome to the wild wild north -- Why were they so stupid? -- The country that remains to be possessed is very great -- Living as women in a man's world -- Roots; or, home is where your share is -- Everything came true -- The universal and the local -- The peril of other people's faiths -- "You can't serve Yahweh." "yes we can!" -- Real life is more complicated -- The power of forgetting -- Unlikely saviors -- Three strong women and three feeble men (I) -- Three strong women and three feeble men (II) -- On the unimportance of spiritual insight -- How to be a mixed-up person -- How to increase the odds against yourself -- I'm not the hero; the hero is God -- The man who would be king -- When God finds it hard to be tough -- The man whose promise makes the blood run cold -- Entertaining angels unawares -- Honey, we solved the riddle -- Love actually -- But Samson's hair began to grow again -- They all did what was right in their own eyes -- Desperate Dan -- The story reaches its lowest point (I) -- The story reaches its lowest point (II) -- How not to save the situation -- How Naomi's life falls apart -- The choice -- She's a Moabite, for goodness' sake! -- The God of coincidences -- How not to leave the initiative to the man -- How not to get overextended in real estate -- How David got his grandfather.
• Publisher Details: London : SPCK
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource, maps
• Subjects: 222.077; RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament; Electronic books; Commentaries
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780281066117; 0281066116
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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