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Miles, Jack, 1942-
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Title God, a biography / Jack Miles.
Edition 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher New York : Vintage Books
Creation Date 1996, c1995
Notes Originally published: New York : A.A. Knopf, 1995.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-431) and index.
Content Can God's life be written? -- Creator -- Destroyer -- Friend of the family -- What makes God godlike? -- Liberator -- Lawgiver -- Liege -- Conqueror -- Father -- Arbiter -- Does God fail? -- Executioner -- Holy one -- Does God love? -- Wife -- Counselor -- Guarantor -- Fiend -- Sleeper -- Bystander -- Recluse -- Puzzle -- Absence -- Ancient of days -- Scroll -- Perpetual round -- Does God lose interest? -- The Books of the Tanakh.
Extent x, 446 pages
21 cm.
Language English
National Library system number 990031476720205171

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