{"product_id":"the-bible-as-literature-9780195179071","title":"The Bible As Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis comprehensive and systematic text approaches the Bible from a literary\/historical perspective and studies it as a body of writing produced by real people who intended to convey messages to real audiences. Avoiding assessments of the Bible''s truth or authority, the authors maintain a rigorously objective tone as they discuss such major issues as the forms and strategies of biblical writing, its actual historical and physical settings, the process of canon formation, the sources of the Pentateuch, and the nature of such biblical genres as prophecy, apocalypse, and gospel. In this edition, David Citino has joined the team of authors, and the new edition includes a new chapter on Women in the Bible, by contributor Nicola Denzey, and a new appendix on modern approaches to the bible. The new edition also features new maps, timelines, expanded bibliographies, and updated material throughout.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Bible as Literature is quite broad in its approach and unique in its scope. I haven't found the same breadth in other recent introductions to the Bible as literature. [It is] concise but thorough, an excellent introduction.\"--Annalisa Azzoni, Vanderbilt University \"The text directly addresses fundamental concepts essential to a scholarly approach to the Bible as literature. My students are quite interested in the study of the Bible as literature, and they think of this study as essential to their lives and beliefs. By using this text, I can be a much better and more credible teacher for them.\"--Bené Scanlon Cox, Middle Tennessee State University \"The Bible as Literature is quite broad in its approach and unique in its scope. I haven't found the same breadth in other recent introductions to the Bible as literature. [It is] concise but thorough, an excellent introduction.\"--Annalisa Azzoni, Vanderbilt University \"The text directly addresses fundamental concepts essential to a scholarly approach to the Bible as literature. My students are quite interested in the study of the Bible as literature, and they think of this study as essential to their lives and beliefs. By using this text, I can be a much better and more credible teacher for them.\"--Bené Scanlon Cox, Middle Tennessee State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo the Reader  1. The Bible as Literature  2. Literary Forms and Strategies in the Bible  3. Ancient Near Eastern Literature and the Bible  4. The Bible and History  5. The Physical Setting of the Bible  6. The Formation of the Canon  7. The Composition of the Pentateuch  8. The Prophetic Writings  9. The Wisdom Literature  10. The Apocalyptic Literature  11. Judaism in the Intertestamental Period  12. The Hellenistic Background of the New Testament  13. Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha: The Outside Books  14. The Gospels  15. Acts and the Letters  16. The Text of the Bible  17. Translating the Bible  18. The Religious Use and Interpretation of the Bible  19. Women and the Bible  Appendix 1: The Name of Israel's God  Appendix 2: Writing in Biblical Times  Appendix 3: Palestine in the Intertestamental Period  Appendix 4: Varieties of Biblical Criticism  Glossary of Literary Terms Timeline: 1000 B.C.E.-1611 C.E.  Maps  Index","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017602793815,"sku":"9780195179071","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780195179071.jpg?v=1750774085","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-bible-as-literature-9780195179071","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}