Ebook: Dark history of the bible: the sins, the temptation, the betrayal, and the world

Genesis: fall, fratricide and flood -- Incest, intrigue and inheritance: the patriarchs -- Laws and wars -- "Thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them" -- "No such thing ought to be done in Israel" -- Empires of oppression -- "Not a place, but a sword" -- Revelation -- Gospel truth.;From Noah's Ark to the Ark of the Covenant, from Genesis to the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, from Moses to the Maccabees, Dark History of the Bible examines the origins and meanings of the greatest stories of the Old and New Testaments.--