An introduction to the Old Testament : sacred texts and imperial contexts of the Hebrew Bible
David M. Carr
Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley- Blackwell, 2010
xix, 276 p. ; 26 cm.
書
館藏地 | 索書號 | 現狀 |
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G/F Collection | BS 1130 .C37 | Available |
- 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
- The emergence of the monarchy and royal and Zion texts
- Echoes of past empires in biblical wisdom, love poetry, law, and narrative
- Narrative and prophecy amidst the rise and fall of the Northern Kingdom
- Micah, Isaiah, and the southern prophetic encounter with Assyria
- Torah and history in the wake of the Assyrian Empire
- Prophecy in the transition from Assyrian to Babylonian domination
- Laments, history, and prophecies after the destruction of Jerusalem
- The Pentateuch and the exile
- The Torah, the Psalms, and the Persian-sponsored rebuilding of Judah
- Other texts formed in the crucible of post-exilic rebuilding
- Hellenistic empires and the formation of the Hebrew Bible.
- ill., maps
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 1405184671 (pbk)
- 9781405184670 (pbk)
- https://cms.trccloud.hk/opac/bib/AMGU