The Bible's Many Voices

The most common English translations of the Bible often sound like a single, somewhat archaic voice. In fact, the Bible is made up of many separate books composed by multiple writers in a wide range of styles and perspectives. It is, as Michael Carasik demonstrates, not a remote text reserved for ch...

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Main Author: Carasik, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Lincoln JPS 2014
In:Year: 2014
Reviews:[Rezension von: Carasik, Michael, 1952-, The Bible's many voices] (2016) (Rosenberg, Simcha)
IxTheo Classification:HA Bible
Further subjects:B Electronic books
B Bible ; Old Testament ; Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Summary:The most common English translations of the Bible often sound like a single, somewhat archaic voice. In fact, the Bible is made up of many separate books composed by multiple writers in a wide range of styles and perspectives. It is, as Michael Carasik demonstrates, not a remote text reserved for churches and synagogues but rather a human document full of history, poetry, politics, theology, and spirituality. Using historic, linguistic, anthropological, and theological sources, Carasik helps us distinguish between the Jewish Bible's voices-the mythic, the historical, the prophetic, the theolog
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ISBN:0827609353