عنوان

An introduction to the Bible: sacred texts and imperial contexts

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

eng

Title Proper

An introduction to the Bible: sacred texts and imperial contexts

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Malden, MA

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Wiley-Blackwell

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

David M. Carr and Colleen M. Conway

Text of Note

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 -- Echoes of empire in monarchal Israel -- Narrative and prophecy amidst the rise and fall of the Northern Kingdom -- Torah and other texts written in the wake of the Assyrian Empire -- Bible for exiles : promise and story in the neo-Babylonian Empire -- Persian Empire and the emergence of a temple-centered Jewish community -- Hellenistic empires and the formation of the Hebrew Bible -- Studying the New Testament in its ancient context -- Paul and his Letters in the Roman colonial context -- Mark's story of Jesus in the midst of Toman retribution -- The Gospel of Matthew : defining community in the wake of destruction -- Negotiating the empire in Luke-Acts -- Gospel of John and the Johannine Epistles : turning inward as a strategy for life in the empire -- Variations on responses to empire in other New Testament writings -- Epilogue: The final formation of the Jewish and Christian bibles

Entry Element

History ، Bible

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History of contemporary events ، Bible

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Introductions ، Bible

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Dates

1691-

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Carr, David McLain

Relator Code

AU

AU Conway, Colleen M

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