The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies. Edited by J. W. Rogerson and Judith M. Lieu
The definition of ‘handbook’ in the standard Oxford dictionaries is ‘a small book or treatise, easy to hold conveniently in the hand’. This handsome new reference book from the Oxford University Press runs to nearly 900 pages, is two inches thick, weighs nearly four pounds, and is far from being ‘ea...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2007
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 58, Issue: 2, Pages: 553-556 |
| Review of: | The Oxford handbook of biblical studies (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 2006) (Harvey, A. E.)
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| Further subjects: | B
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| Summary: | The definition of ‘handbook’ in the standard Oxford dictionaries is ‘a small book or treatise, easy to hold conveniently in the hand’. This handsome new reference book from the Oxford University Press runs to nearly 900 pages, is two inches thick, weighs nearly four pounds, and is far from being ‘easy to hold in the hand’. Its professed aim is ‘to indicate to readers the current state of scholarship associated with the Bible’; given the immense range of disciplines which have been brought to bear on the biblical text, this could hardly have been achieved in a smaller format. It is nevertheless called a Handbook, and doubtless Oxford will need to revise its dictionary definition. But the scale of this ‘handbook’ is also significant for any evaluation of the importance of the Bible. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/fll117 |