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Autore: |
Brettler Marc Zvi
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Titolo: |
How to read the Bible / / Marc Zvi Brettler
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Pubblicazione: | Philadelphia, PA, : Jewish Publication Society, 2005 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (401 p.) |
Disciplina: | 221.6/1 |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-360) and indexes. |
Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Reading as a Jew and as a Scholar -- 2. What Is the Bible, Anyway? -- 3. The Art of Reading the Bibl -- 4. A Brief History of Israel -- 5. With Scissors and Paste: The Sources of Genesis -- 6. Creation vs. Creationism: Genesis 1-3 as Myth -- 7. The Ancestors as Heroes -- 8. Biblical Law: Codes and Collections -- 9. Incense Is Offensive to Me: The Cult in Ancient Israel -- 10. "In the Fortieth Year . . . Moses Addressed the Israelites": Deuteronomy -- 11. "The Walls Came Tumbling Down": Reading Joshua -- 12. "May My Lord King David Live Forever": Royal Ideology in Samuel and Judges -- 13. "For Israel Tore Away from the House of David": Reading Kings -- 14. Revisionist History: Reading Chronicles -- 15. Introduction to Prophecy -- 16. "Let Justice Well Up like Water": Reading Amos -- 17. "They Shall Beat Their Swords into Plowshares": Reading (First) Isaiah -- 18. "I Will Make This House like Shiloh": Reading Jeremiah -- 19. "I Will Be for Them a Mini-Temple": Reading Ezekiel -- 20. "Comfort, Oh Comfort My People": The Exile and Beyond -- 21. "Those That Sleep in the Dust . . . Will Awake": Zechariah, Apocalyptic Literature, and Daniel -- 22. Prayer of Many Hearts: Reading Psalms -- 23. "Acquire Wisdom": Reading Proverbs and Ecclesiastes -- 24. "Being But Dust and Ashes": Reading Job -- 25. "Drink Deep of Love!": Reading Song of Songs -- 26. "Why Are You So Kind . . . When I Am a Foreigner?": Reading Ruth vs. Esther -- 27. The Creation of the Bible -- Afterword: Reading the Bible as a Committed Jew -- Notes -- Sources Cited -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Biblical Passages and Other References. |
Titolo autorizzato: | How to read the Bible ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8276-1001-7 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910817368903321 |
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