Tree of Knowledge, Tree of LIfe: A 21st Century Introduction to the Bible for Modern Readers - Softcover

Konrad, Joseph Erbal

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1530978378 ISBN 13: 9781530978373

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Why do we suffer? What does it mean to love? How are spirit, death and life intermingled? What is Heaven? Who is Christ, and what does he ask of us? How literally is the Bible to be taken, and when? Must one believe in a literal 6-day creation or else be a ‘bad’ Christian? What is theosis, and is it my destiny? Spanning the history of the cosmos from its inception to its consummation, Tree of Knowledge, Tree of Life walks modern readers through the Bible, beginning with a history of how the Book came to be. This comprehensive account leaps from myth into archaeology and then documented history, spanning centuries and culminating in humanity’s shattering face-to-face encounter with the Maker. Using tools ranging from cultural anthropology and geology to archaeology and hermeneutics, Tree of Knowledge, Tree of Life is at once faithful and skeptical, traditionalist and very modern, drawing the essential lessons out of the Biblical narrative to assemble the vast arc that ends at the neighborhood church on the corner today. Tree of Knowledge, Tree of Life seeks to define the chasm between the depths of the unknown and the limits of human understanding. Begin the journey now... Learn more and meet the author at www.facebook.com/treeofknowledge.treeoflife

About this title

About the Author

Joseph Erbal Konrad was born in Munich, Germany to an American father and German mother. He lives in the mountains of northern Vermont with his spouse, poultry and a large brown dog.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1530978378
• ISBN 13: 9781530978373
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 614