The Bible for the Curious

A Brief Encounter
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-78179-744-0
Verlag: Equinox Publishing Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 389 g

This book is for anyone curious about the Bible: what it is, and what modern research reveals about it. Unlike most textbooks, it has no footnotes, avoids technical discussion as much as possible, and makes no assumptions about religious belief. Its aim is to introduce the contents a way that engages readers critically, and to persuade them that in a modern secular society this collection of ancient writings can still contribute to the way we think about history, philosophy and politics. It is a challenge to both those who regard it as `word of God' and those who dismiss it as obsolete or myth or irrelevant.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davies, Philip R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Heilige & Traditionelle Texte, Mythologie, Vergleichende Mythologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE: BIBLE BASICS 1. APPROACHING THE BIBLE 2. WHO WROTE THE OLD TESTAMENT, AND HOW? PART TWO: STORIES OF ISRAEL 3. THE OLD TESTAMENT AND HISTORY 4. BIBLICAL ISRAELS 5. A HISTORY OF ANCIENT ISRAELS PART THREE: STORIES OF JESUS CHRIST 6. ANCIENT JUDAISMS 7. THE GOSPELS STORY 8. THE STORY IN ACTS 9. THE NEW TESTAMENT LETTERS 10. REVELATION PART FOUR: PHILOSOPHY, ETHICS AND PIETY 11. DIVINATION: PROPHECY AND APOCALYPTIC 12. `WISDOM' AND PRAYER 13. POSTSCRIPT

Über Autor(innen)

Davies, Philip R.
Philip R. Davies, who died in 2018, was Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield. Educated at Oxford and St Andrews, Scotland, he edited, authored or co-authored 37 books on the Dead Sea Scrolls and various aspects of interpretation of the Hebrew Bible, including In Search of Ancient Israel (1992), Whose Bible Is It Anyway? (1995), Scribes and Schools: The Canonization of the Hebrew Scriptures (1998), The Complete World of the Dead Sea Scrolls (2002) and Memories of Ancient Israel: An Introduction to Biblical History (2008). He was co-founder of Sheffield Academic Press and former President of the British Society for Old Testament Study and European Association of Biblical Studies.