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Record Nr.

UNISA996214640903316

Titolo

The Cambridge companion to the Bible / / Bruce Chilton, general editor ; Howard Clark Kee ... [et al.] [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008

ISBN

1-107-48666-1

1-107-48157-0

1-139-16737-5

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 724 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

220.9

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

World of the Hebrew Bible / Eric M. Meyers and John Rogerson -- Jewish responses to Greek and Roman cultures, 322 B.C.E. to 200 C.E. / Anthony J. Saldarini as revised by Amy-Jill Levine -- Formation of Christian communities / Howard Clark Kee.

Sommario/riassunto

The Cambridge Companion to the Bible, 2nd edition provides in-depth data and analysis of the production and reception of the canonical writings of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament, and also of the apocryphal works produced by Jewish and Christian writers. Unique among single-volume introductions, this book focuses on the ever-changing social and cultural contexts in which the biblical authors and their original readers lived. The authors of the first edition were chosen for their internationally recognized expertise in their respective fields: the history and literature of Israel; postbiblical Judaism; biblical archaeology; and the origins and early literature of Christianity. In this second edition, all chapters have been updated and thoroughly revised,under the direction of a new volume editor, Bruce D. Chilton. More than 22 new maps, 90 new photographs and a full-color section help illustrate the book.