Bible as Literature An Introduction

Name: Bible as Literature An Introduction
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ISBN: 9780195179071

ISBN-10: 0195179072

ISBN-13: 9780195179071

Edition: 5th 2005 (Revised)

Authors: John B. Gabel, David Citino, Anthony D. York, Charles B. Wheeler, Nicola Denzey

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As in the widely popular earlier editions, the latest revision of this comprehensive and systematic text approaches the Bible from a literary/historical perspective, studying it as a body of writing produced by real people who intended to convey messages to actual audiences. Avoiding assessments of the Bible's truth or authority, the authors maintain a rigorously objective tone as they discuss such major issues as the forms and strategies of biblical writing, its actual historical and physical settings, the process of canon formation, and the nature of biblical genres including prophecy, apocalypse, and gospel. The fifth edition features a new coauthor, David Citino; a new chapter by…

Book details

List price: $72.95
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/3/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.518
Language: English



To the Reader



The Bible as Literature



Literary Forms and Strategies in the Bible



Ancient Near Eastern Literature and the Bible



The Bible and History



The Physical Setting of the Bible



The Formation of the Canon



The Composition of the Pentateuch



The Prophetic Writings



The Wisdom Literature



The Apocalyptic Literature



Judaism in the Intertestamental Period



The Hellenistic Background of the New Testament



Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha: The Outside Books



The Gospels



Acts and the Letters



The Text of the Bible



Translating the Bible



The Religious Use and Interpretation of the Bible



Women and the Bible



The Name of Israel's God



Writing in Biblical Times



Palestine in the Intertestamental Period



Varieties of Biblical Criticism


Glossary of Literary Terms


Timeline: 1000 b.c.e.-1611 c.e.


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Index