How to Read the Bible: history, prophecy, literature-- why modern readers need to know the difference, and what it means for faith today
Oxford ; New York
Oxford University Press
Includes bibliographical references )p. ]195[-203( and index
Steven L. McKenzie
Introduction: Jonah and genre -- Not exactly as it happened : historiography in the Bible -- Forthtelling, nor foretelling : biblical prophecy -- Life's real questions : wisdom literature and the Bible -- Not the end of the world as we know it : wisdom literature in the Bible -- Issues in the churches : the letters of the New Testament