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LEFT BEHIND?
The Facts Behind the Fiction
LeAnn Snow Flesher, 2006| $13.95 | Ships within 24 hours! | Secure Order Form |
In the last few years, books in the Left Behind fiction series, co-authored by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, have taken Christian publishing by storm. Although the books are fictional, they are based on--and promote--a particular understanding of end times events that flow from the authors' theological context and approach to biblical interpretation. Here, Flesher describes and challenges the theological framework, interpretative practices, socio-political ideologies, and the end times scenario that, while prominent in the Left Behind series, are not shared by most biblical scholars. Flesher outlines how to read the Bible and exposes the use and abuse of Scripture to support the peculiar doctrines of "Rapture" and "Tribulation." Demonstrating how theological preconceptions guide the use of Bible texts, she explodes the myth of "literal interpretation" and highlights the importance of understanding history, context and literary genre.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- The Rise and Fall of the Left Behind Series
- What Is Premillennial Dispensationalism?
- The War Against Secular Humanism
- The Battle for the Bible
- The Biblical Books of Daniel and Revelation
- Before the Tribulation Begins
- The Left Behind Story and the Book of Revelation
- Implications for the Church
Notes
AUTHOR PROFILE
LeAnn Snow Flesher is professor of Old Testament at American Baptist Seminary of the West in Berkeley, California, and also serves on the faculty of the Graduate Theological Union. She is the author of the entries on Job and Lamentations published in the IVP Women's Bible Commentary, and has contributed articles to The Living Pulpit and Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology. Dr. Flesher holds both master's and doctoral degrees from Drew University.
BOOK SPECIFICATIONS
163 pages, paper.
ISBN 081701490X