This comprehensive and systematic text approaches the Bible from a literary/historical perspective and studies it as a body of writing produced by real people who intended to convey messages to real 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, the sources of the Pentateuch, and the nature of such biblical genres as prophecy, apocalypse, and gospel. In this edition, David Citino has joined the team of authors, and the new edition includes a new chapter on "Women in the Bible," by contributor Nicola Denzey, and a new appendix on modern approaches to the bible. The new edition also features new maps, timelines, expanded bibliographies, and updated material throughout.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"The Bible as Literature is quite broad in its approach and unique in its scope. I haven't found the same breadth in other recent introductions to the Bible as literature. [It is] concise but thorough, an excellent introduction."--Annalisa Azzoni, Vanderbilt University
"The text directly addresses fundamental concepts essential to a scholarly approach to the Bible as literature. My students are quite interested in the study of the Bible as literature, and they think of this study as essential to their lives and beliefs. By using this text, I can be a much better and more credible teacher for them."--Bene Scanlon Cox, Middle Tennessee State University
"The Bible as Literature is quite broad in its approach and unique in its scope. I haven't found the same breadth in other recent introductions to the Bible as literature. [It is] concise but thorough, an excellent introduction."--Annalisa Azzoni, Vanderbilt University
"The text directly addresses fundamental concepts essential to a scholarly approach to the Bible as literature. My students are quite interested in the study of the Bible as literature, and they think of this study as essential to their lives and beliefs. By using this text, I can be a much better and more credible teacher for them."--Bene Scanlon Cox, Middle Tennessee State University
Auflage
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Undergraduate courses in Bible as literature
Editions-Typ
Illustrationen
2 halftones, 4 maps, 6 line illus.
Maße
Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
Dicke: 22 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-19-517907-1 (9780195179071)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
John B. Gabel, Professor, Department of English, Ohio State University (Emeritus), Charles B. Wheeler, Anthony D. York, Professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature, University of Cincinnati (Emeritus), and David Citino, Professor of English, Ohio State University
Autor*in
Professor, Department of EnglishProfessor, Department of English, Ohio State University (Emeritus)
Professor, Department of English and Comparative LiteratureProfessor, Department of English and Comparative Literature, University of Cincinnati (Emeritus)
Professor of EnglishProfessor of English, Ohio State University
To the Reader
1. The Bible as Literature
2. Literary Forms and Strategies in the Bible
3. Ancient Near Eastern Literature and the Bible
4. The Bible and History
5. The Physical Setting of the Bible
6. The Formation of the Canon
7. The Composition of the Pentateuch
8. The Prophetic Writings
9. The Wisdom Literature
10. The Apocalyptic Literature
11. Judaism in the Intertestamental Period
12. The Hellenistic Background of the New Testament
13. Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha: The Outside Books
14. The Gospels
15. Acts and the Letters
16. The Text of the Bible
17. Translating the Bible
18. The Religious Use and Interpretation of the Bible
19. Women and the Bible
Appendix 1: The Name of Israel's God
Appendix 2: Writing in Biblical Times
Appendix 3: Palestine in the Intertestamental Period
Appendix 4: Varieties of Biblical Criticism
Glossary of Literary Terms Timeline: 1000 B.C.E.-1611 C.E.
Maps
Index
