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A great mystery lies at the heart of the Bible. Early on, people seem to live in a world entirely foreign to our own. God appears to Abraham and Sarah, Jacob and others; He buttonholes Moses and Isaiah and Jeremiah and tells them what to say. Then comes the Great Shift, and Israelites stop seeing God or hearing His voice. Instead, later Israelites are "in search of God," reaching out to a distant, omniscient deity in prayers, as people have done ever since. What brought about this change? The answers come from the Bible and other ancient texts, archaeology and anthropology and recent advances…
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4 editions- Audiobook · English · 2021Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing · 1 pages · 9781665143080
- Paperback · English · 2018Mariner Books · 496 pages · 9781328505927
- Other · English · 2017Great ShiftHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company · 497 pages · 9780544520578
- Other · English · 2017The Great Shift: Encountering God in Biblical TimesHoughton Mifflin Harcourt · 496 pages · 9780544520554
SpiritualityCriticism, interpretationBibleJudaismGod (Judaism)Spiritual life, judaismRELIGIONBiblical Studies