How to Read the Bible

Name: How to Read the Bible
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ISBN: 9780827607750

ISBN-10: 082760775X

ISBN-13: 9780827607750

Edition: 2005

Authors: Marc Zvi Brettler

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Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Publication date: 10/1/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.30" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Preface


Abbreviations



Reading as a Jew and as a Scholar



What Is the Bible, Anyway?



The Art of Reading the Bible



A Brief History of Israel



With Scissors and Paste: The Sources of Genesis



Creation vs. Creationism: Genesis 1-3 as Myth



The Ancestors as Heroes



Biblical Law: Codes and Collections



Incense Is Offensive to Me: The Cult in Ancient Israel



"In the Fortieth Year...Moses Addressed the Israelites": Deuteronomy



"The Walls Came Tumbling Down": Reading Joshua



"May My Lord King David Live Forever": Royal Ideology in Samuel and Judges



"For Israel Tore Away from the House of David": Reading Kings



Revisionist History: Reading Chronicles



Introduction to Prophecy



"Let Justice Well Up like Water": Reading Amos



"They Shall Beat Their Swords into Plowshares": Reading (First) Isaiah



"I Will Make This House like Shiloh": Reading Jeremiah



"I Will Be for Them a Mini-Temple": Reading Ezekiel



"Comfort, Oh Comfort My People": The Exile and Beyond



"Those That Sleep in the Dust...Will Awake": Zechariah, Apocalyptic Literature, and Daniel



Prayer of Many Hearts: Reading Psalms



"Acquire Wisdom": Reading Proverbs and Ecclesiastes



"Being But Dust and Ashes": Reading Job



"Drink Deep of Love!": Reading Song of Songs



"Why Are You So Kind...When I Am a Foreigner?": Reading Ruth vs. Esther



The Creation of the Bible


Afterword: Reading the Bible as a Committed Jew


Notes


Sources Cited


Index of Subjects


Index of Biblical Passages and Other References