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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961061403321

Autore

Barr James <1924-2006.>

Titolo

History and ideology in the Old Testament : biblical studies at the end of a millennium / / James Barr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

9780191520679

0191520675

0-19-160040-7

1-281-94373-8

0-19-152067-5

9786611943738

0-19-928053-3

Descrizione fisica

viii, 198 p

Disciplina

221.67

Soggetti

Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The Hensley Henson Lectures for 1997 delivered to the University of Oxford."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-191) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. The Bible, History, and Apologetics -- 2. The New Profile of Discussion about the Bible -- 3. Biblical Criticism -- 4. History of Israel -- 5. Ideology -- 6. Postmodernism -- 7. Postmodernism and Theology -- 8. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

Sommario/riassunto

Professor Barr has brought together aspects of controversy about the Bible at the end of the millennium with an emphasis on the Old Testament and the history of Israel. The central question is how far the Bible gives us a vision into a real world of the past and how far it expresses a world imagined for religious reasons by writes who lived many centuries later.