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Consider the Birds
eBook - A Provocative Guide to Birds of the Bible
ISBN/EAN: 9781426775901
Umbreit-Nr.: 2630457
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 0 S.
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Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 20.08.2013
Auflage: 1/2013
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
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- From biblical times to today, humans have found meaning and significance in the actions and symbolism of birds. We admire their mystery and manners, their strength and fragility, their beauty and their uglinessand perhaps compare these very characteristics to their own lives in the process.Though admired today, the birds of Scripture are largely unseen and underappreciated. From the well-known image of the dove to the birds that gorge on the flesh of the defeated ';beast' in Revelation, birds play a dynamic part in Scripture. They bring bread to the prophets. They are food for the wanderers. As sacrifices, they are the currency of mercy.Highlighting 10 birds throughout Scripture, author Debbie Blue explores their significance in both familiar and unfamiliar biblical stories and illustrates how and why they have represented humanity across culture, Christian tradition, art, and contemporary psyche. With these (usually) minor characters at the forefront of human imaginations, poignant life lessons illuminate such qualities as desire and gratitude, power and vulnerability, insignificance and importanceeven as readers gain a better understanding that God's mysterious grace is sometimes most evident in His simplest of creatures.