Product Details
# Paperback: 224 pages
# Publisher: HarperOne; Reprint edition (June 23, 2009)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0061238856
# ASIN: B0046LUDWO
# Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
In this unexpectedly delightful (if juvenile) little book, two Bible professors and a journalist unpack some of the more outrageous interpretations of the Hebrew Bible, focusing on juicy tales of sex, dysfunctional families and body parts. What if Eve was not made from Adam's rib bone but, as one biblical scholar has suggested, his penis bone? (Don't laugh this theory away until you've read the chapter.) Despite taking on serious questions of biblical interpretation and Hebrew translations, the authors maintain a tongue-in-cheek demeanor as they address questions like Did Abraham pimp Sarah? Did Ruth and Boaz have a roll in the hay on the threshing floor? and Was Joseph a cross-dresser? (Answers: yes, maybe, and probably not.) One chapter proposes that the assassin Ehud (Judges 3) escaped King Eglon's rooftop after murdering him by slipping down through Eglon's latrine. Some of the authors' conclusions are a stretch, but it's always in good fun. This is perfect bathroom reading, and PW means that in the best possible way. (June)
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Review
[The Uncensored Bible] makes for some interesting (not to mention steamy) reading. Euphemism, puns and sarcasm abound. (Religion News Service )
“If you can remember scouring your parents paperbacks in search of their spiciest pages, you can understand the impulse behind the recently-published book The Uncensored Bible.” (Time )
“Based on the best contemporary scholarship of the Bible—but funny as hell! The Uncensored Bible finally reveals what your Sunday School teacher was afraid to tell you or did not know.” (Jonathan L. Reed, Professor of Religion, Univeristy of La Verne )
Good-natured ribbing of the Good Book . . .scholars give scripture a ‘bawdy’ spin” (USA Today )
God’s Word on Sex. (Time)
