Whose Bible is it anyway? [[electronic resource] /] / Philip R. Davies
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| Autore: |
Davies Philip R
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| Titolo: |
Whose Bible is it anyway? [[electronic resource] /] / Philip R. Davies
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| Pubblicazione: | Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic Press, c1995 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (161 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 220.6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Faith |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [142]-145) and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 Authors |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Whose Bible is it anyway |
| ISBN: | 1-281-81368-0 |
| 9786611813680 | |
| 0-567-43891-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910453279303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies