02667nam 2200589Ia 450 991082887880332120230421044220.01-281-81368-097866118136800-567-43891-0(CKB)1000000000554902(EBL)436377(OCoLC)609350836(SSID)ssj0000271590(PQKBManifestationID)11192548(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000271590(PQKBWorkID)10295703(PQKB)10814814(MiAaPQ)EBC436377(Au-PeEL)EBL436377(CaPaEBR)ebr10256262(CaONFJC)MIL181368(OCoLC)893334142(EXLCZ)99100000000055490219951201d1995 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhose Bible is it anyway? /Philip R. DaviesSheffield, England Sheffield Academic Pressc19951 online resource (161 p.)Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;204Description based upon print version of record.0-567-43885-6 1-85075-569-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [142]-145) and indexes.Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 ABOUT THIS BOOK; Chapter 2 TWO NATIONS, ONE WOMB; Chapter 3 WHAT IS A BIBLE?; Chapter 4 WHO TO BELIEVE?; Chapter 5 MALE BONDING: A TALE OF TWO BUDDIES; Chapter 6 'TAKE IT TO THE LORD IN PRAYER': THE PEASANT'S LAMENT; Chapter 7 DANIEL SEES THE DEATH OF GOD; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of AuthorsThe Bible, argues this book, may belong to the Church or synagogue as an instrument of religious practice. But as the object of academic study it belongs to the world as a whole. Confessional biblical studies belong to a discipline better termed 'scripture', with 'biblical studies' designating a discipline that imposes no religious conditions and includes any form of rational discourse about the bible. A basic requirement of this discipline is to speak not of 'the Bible' but of 'bibles'. A number of exegetical studies suggest how a genuinely academic discourse about biblical writings, distanciThe Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament StudiesFaithFaith.220.6Davies Philip R851200MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828878803321Whose Bible is it anyway3982278UNINA