The Bible as Literature

An Introduction

by: John B. Gabel - Charles B. Wheeler - Anthony D. York

Author: John B. Gabel, Charles B. Wheeler, Anthony D. York

Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc

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Format: Paperback / softback

Publication date: 17 February 2000 (REV)

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ISBN: 0195128532 ISBN 13: 9780195128536 This product is the new edition of: The Bible as Literature (1996)

The Bible as Literature by John B. Gabel - Charles B. Wheeler - Anthony D. York

The "Bible As Literature" is a textbook for college courses of the same name, usually offered in departments of English. Its subject is the origins of biblical narratives and the history of their collection into the Bible of today. Top page

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Unlike other texts on the Bible, This book applies the results of the last 200 years' biblical scholarship to understanding the historical formation of the Bible. The authors discuss issues such as the literary forms and strategies of the biblical authors, the historical and physical setting in which the Bible stories were originally shaped, literatures from parallel, non-biblical cultures, the process of canon formation, the nature of biblical literary genres, and the problems of translation. This book is intended to supplement the reading of the bible itself. Top page

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Publisher & Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc

Edition details 4th Revised edition

City: New York

Edition: REV

Pages: 372

More info: height 230 mm width 150 mm weight 526 gr thickness 18 mm

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Age recommended: College/higher education

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey:(DC21) 809.93522 Library of Congress Subject: Bible as literature

Record updated at: 17 August, 2012 time: 01:16

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