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200 10$aWhose Bible is it anyway?$b[electronic resource] /$fPhilip R. Davies
210   $aSheffield, England $cSheffield Academic Press$dc1995
215   $a1 online resource (161 p.)
225 0 $aJournal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;$v204
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-567-43885-6 
311   $a1-85075-569-8 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [142]-145) and indexes.
327   $aContents; 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 Authors
330   $aThe Bible, argues this book, may belong to the Church or synagogue as an instrument of religious practice. But as the object of academic study it belongs to the world as a whole. Confessional biblical studies belong to a discipline better termed 'scripture', with 'biblical studies' designating a discipline that imposes no religious conditions and includes any form of rational discourse about the bible. A basic requirement of this discipline is to speak not of 'the Bible' but of 'bibles'. A number of exegetical studies suggest how a genuinely academic discourse about biblical writings, distanci
410  4$aThe Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
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