An introduction to the Bible: sacred texts and imperial contexts
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Oxford
Wiley-Blackwell
2010
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| In: | Year: 2010 |
| Edition: | 1. publ. |
| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible History
B Bible History of contemporary events B Bible Introductions |
| Item Description: | Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - 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 Roman retribution -- The Gospel of Matthew : defining community in the wake of destruction -- Negotiating the empire in Luke-Acts -- The 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 |
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| Physical Description: | XXI, 383 S., Ill. , Ktn., 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4051-6738-3 1-4051-6738-6 978-1-4051-6737-6 1-4051-6737-8 |
