How to Read the Bible: history, prophecy, literature-- why modern readers need to know the difference, and what it means for faith today
Steven L. McKenzie
How to Read the Bible: history, prophecy, literature-- why modern readers need to know the difference, and what it means for faith today
Author
Steven L. McKenziePublisher
Oxford University PressEdition 1
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Title and Author
How to Read the Bible: history, prophecy, literature-- why modern readers need to know the difference, and what it means for faith today / Steven L. McKenziePublication Details
آکسفورد : Oxford University Press، 2005مPhysical Description
702 p.; 42 cm.Subject
Bible IntroductionsBible Criticism, interpretation, etc
Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. ]591[-302( and index.
Contents
Introduction: Jonah and genre -- Not exactly as it happened : historiography in the Bible -- Forthtelling, nor foretelling : biblical prophecy -- Life's real questions : wisdom literature and the Bible -- Not the end of the world as we know it : wisdom literature in the Bible -- Issues in the churches : the letters of the New Testament