The Biblical Cosmos: A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Weird and Wonderful World of the Bible

by Robin A. Parry

Publisher:

Cascade

, 2014

Overview

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of the Bible. When we read Scripture we often imagine that the world inhabited by the Bible’s characters was much the same as our own. We would be wrong. The biblical world is an ancient world with a flat earth that stands at the center of the cosmos, and with a vast ocean in the sky, chaos dragons, mystical mountains, demonic deserts, an underground zone for the dead, stars that are sentient beings, and, if you travel upwards and through the doors in the solid dome of the sky, God’s heaven--the heart of the universe. This book takes readers on a guided tour of the biblical cosmos with the goal of opening up the Bible in its ancient world. It then goes further and seeks to show how this very ancient biblical way of seeing the world is still revelatory and can speak God’s word afresh into our own modern worlds.

Key Features

• Takes readers on a guided tour of the biblical cosmos.
• Speak God’s word afresh into our own modern worlds.
• Guides us through the strange biblical world.

Praise for the Print Edition

A masterful exposition of the sacramental worldview of the Old Testament... If you figure the Old Testament is simply incompatible with the Christian Platonism of the Christian tradition, you just may be startled by the insights of this book.

--Hans Boersma, J. I. Packer Professor of Theology, Regent College, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Delightful. Robin Parry takes the reader on a fascinating tour of biblical cosmology and theology. If you want to enter the minds of the biblical writers, this book will guide you with wit and sound learning

--Gordon Wenham, Professor emeritus of Old Testament, University of Gloucestershire, Trinity College Bristol, Bristol, UK

Parry expertly guides us through the strange biblical world... and invites us to accept it as is, and to inhabit it, rather than conforming it to ours. In doing so, Parry opens up fresh ways of envisioning not only the biblical world, but Jesus, and our own Christian faith.

--Peter Enns, Professor of Biblical Studies, Eastern University, St. Davids, PA

Product Details

• Title: The Biblical Cosmos: A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Weird and Wonderful World of the Bible
• Author: Robin A. Parry
• Publisher: Cascade
• Print Publication Date: 2014
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Pages: 227
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Biblical cosmology; Creation › Biblical teaching
• ISBNs: 9781625648105, 1625648103
• Resource ID: LLS:BBLCLCSMSWRLBBL
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-05-16T16:39:40Z

About Robin A. Parry

Robin Parry grew up near Liverpool before moving to Wales at the age of ten. It was in Wales that he became a Christian. In 1991, after completing his undergraduate degree in theology and some teacher training, he got married to Carol and moved to Worcester (the original one). They have been there ever since. Robin and Carol have two daughters, Hannah and Jessica, and a cat called Monty. Having been a teacher in a Sixth Form College (1991-2001), he moved into theological publishing, first at Paternoster (2001-2010) and then at Wipf and Stock (2010-), where he works as an editor. Robin’s MA and PhD were in Old Testament, both degrees overseen by Professor Gordon Wenham. Robin writes books for a hobby and is trying to learn to play the cajon.