New Titles Tuesday, October 23

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The lost world of Genesis One: ancient cosmology and the origins debate /John H. Walton. Walton presents and defends twenty propositions supporting a literary and theological understanding of Genesis 1 within the context of the ancient Near Eastern world and unpacks its implications for our modern scientific understanding of origins. –from publisher description.
 The lost world of scripture :ancient literary culture and biblical authority /John H. Walton and D. Brent Sandy.
2014 Readers’ Choice Awards Honorable Mention. Preaching’s Preacher’s Guide to the Best Bible Reference for 2014 (Scripture/Hermeneutics) From Walton and Sandy comes a detailed look at the origins of scriptural authority in ancient oral cultures and how they inform our understanding of the Old and New Testaments today. Stemming from questions about scriptural inerrancy, inspiration and oral transmission of ideas, The Lost World of Scripture examines the process by which the Bible has come to us.