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    The Uncensored Bible: The Bawdy and Naughty Bits of the Good Book

    By John Kaltner, Steven McKenzie and Joel Kilpatrick

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    About this ebook

    Strange but True Bible Facts

    Did you know:

    • that King David swore like a sailor?
    • that the Book of Ecclesiastes encourages drinking, especially beer?
    • that mandrakes were the biblical equivalent of Viagra®?
    • that the law of Moses prescribes bikini waxing?
    • that Joseph's "coat of many colors" might have actually been a dress?
    • that Eve might have been created, not from Adam's rib, but from something a little lower down?

    Discover all this, and more, in The Uncensored Bible.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 6, 2009
    ISBN9780061983443
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    The Uncensored Bible: The Bawdy and Naughty Bits of the Good Book
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    John Kaltner

    John Kaltner is Virginia Ballou McGehee Professor of Muslim-Christian Relations at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. He is the author of several books, including Islam: What Non-Muslims Should Know and The Old Testament: Its Background, Growth, and Content.

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    • 4/5
      A fun look at the parts of the Bible you don't get in Sunday school. The authors provide good discussions of the various theories surrounding origins of the stories, and what they meant to those who wrote them. One of the biggest weaknesses is the idea of the authors that the Bible should be treated with reverence, no matter what. No book, no idea, should be treated with reverence; this causes critical thought to go out the window, a phenomenon that was on occasion in evidence here.
    • 4/5
      Who knew that scholarly textual analysis of the Bible could be so fun? This book, by two religion professors from Rhodes College and a seasoned journalist, is laugh-out-loud funny and yet still informative and thoughtful. Multiple biblical interpretations are considered in attempts to answer questions such as “Did Abraham pimp Sarah?”