The Hidden Face of God

Bestselling author Richard Elliott Friedman, whose Who Wrote the Bible? was an intriguing look at the origins of the Bible, takes on another momentous theme for the third millennium to point the way toward a possible final reconciliation of science and religion and to provide the basis for a new moral code acceptable to believers and nonbelievers alike. Remarkably readable, this inspiring work explores three interlinking mysteries: the amazing fact that in the Bible God gradually becomes more hidden; the eerie connection between Nietzsche and Dostoevsky, who arrived at the idea of the death of God almost concurrently — but independently of one another; and the extraordinary cosmic parallel between the Big Bang theory and the mysticism of the Kabbalah. Bible Review hailed this book as brilliant, an elegant and learned reflection on one of the central mysteries of the Bible and modern life.