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CONTENTS Foreword Marcus Borg vii Editor's Introduction xi Bibliography of Works Cited xvii Abbreviations xix An Autobiographical Essay: “Write What You See” xxi Part I. Part I. The Bible in Human Transformation The Bible in Human Transformation The Bankruptcy of Biblical Paradigm 1. 3 Toward a New Paradigm for Bible Study 2. 11 Part II. Part II. Naming the Powers Naming the Powers Introduction 3. 31 Interpreting the Myth 4. 35 Part III. Part III. Unmasking the Powers Unmasking the Powers Introduction 5. 63 Satan 6. 71 The Gods 7. 107 Part IV. Part IV. Engaging the Powers Engaging the Powers Introduction 8. 133 The Myth of the Domination System 9. 145 The Nature of the Domination System 10. 167 Jesus’ Third Way: Nonviolent Engagement 11. 191 The Acid Test: Loving Enemies 12. 215 Part V. Part V. The Human Being The Human Being Introduction 13. 235 v The Human Being in the Quest for the Historical Jesus 14. 239 Jesus and the Human Being 15. 251 The Human Being 16. 301 Bibliography 305 Index 307 vi ...

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