An introduction to the Bible: sacred texts and imperial contexts
David M. Carr and Colleen M. Conway
An introduction to the Bible: sacred texts and imperial contexts
Author
David M. Carr and Colleen M. ConwayPublisher
Wiley-BlackwellEdition 1
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Title and Author
An introduction to the Bible: sacred texts and imperial contexts / David M. Carr and Colleen M. ConwayPublication Details
مالدن : Wiley-Blackwell، 2010مPhysical Description
xxi, 383 p.; 25 cm.Subject
Bible HistoryBible History of contemporary events
Bible Introductions
Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue: Orientation to multiple bibles and multiple translations -- Studying the Bible in its ancient context(s) -- The emergence of ancient Israel and its first oral traditions -- Echoes of empire in monarchal Israel -- Narrative and prophecy amidst the rise and fall of the Northern Kingdom -- Torah and other texts written in the wake of the Assyrian Empire -- Bible for exiles : promise and story in the neo-Babylonian Empire -- Persian Empire and the emergence of a temple-centered Jewish community -- Hellenistic empires and the formation of the Hebrew Bible -- Studying the New Testament in its ancient context -- Paul and his Letters in the Roman colonial context -- Mark's story of Jesus in the midst of Toman retribution -- The Gospel of Matthew : defining community in the wake of destruction -- Negotiating the empire in Luke-Acts -- Gospel of John and the Johannine Epistles : turning inward as a strategy for life in the empire -- Variations on responses to empire in other New Testament writings -- Epilogue: The final formation of the Jewish and Christian bibles