Introduction to the Bible Sacred Texts and Imperial Contexts

Name: Introduction to the Bible Sacred Texts and Imperial Contexts
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ISBN: 9781405167376

ISBN-10: 1405167378

ISBN-13: 9781405167376

Edition: 2010

Authors: Colleen M. Conway, David M. Carr

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Book details

List price: $55.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/9/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 404
Size: 7.20" wide x 9.50" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Maps


List of Boxes


Preface


Acknowledgments


List of Abbreviations


Overview of the Historical Period


Timeline


Prologue: Orientation to Multiple Bibles and Multiple Translations



Studying the Bible in Its Ancient Context(s)



The Emergence of Ancient Israel and Its First Oral Traditions



Echoes of Empire in Monarchal Israel



Narrative and Prophecy amidst the Rise and Fall of the Northern Kingdom



Torah and Other Texts Written in the Wake of the Assyrian Empire



Bible for Exiles: Promise and Story in the Neo-Babylonian Empire



Persian Empire and the Emergence of a Temple-Centered Jewish Community



Hellenistic Empires and the Formation of the Hebrew Bible



Studying the New Testament in Its Ancient Context



Paul and his Letters in the Roman Colonial Context



Mark's Story of Jesus in the Midst of Roman Retribution



The Gospel of Matthew: Defining Community in the Wake of Destruction



Negotiating the Empire in Luke-Acts



The Gospel of John and the Johannine Epistles: Turning Inward as a Strategy for Life in the Empire



Variations on Responses to Empire in other New Testament Writings


Epilogue: The Final Formation of the Jewish and Christian Bibles


Glossary


Index