Making sense of the Hebrew Bible
Butterfield, Robert A.
Making sense of the Hebrew Bible [electronic resource] / Robert A. Butterfield ; foreword by Vitor Westhelle. - 1 online resource.
In the beginning -- Stringing stories together with metaphors -- Israel's real history -- More about structure -- Messianic expectation -- Socio-religious origins of Jesus of Nazareth -- Jewish ethics and the ethics of Jesus of Nazareth -- Role of festivals in postexilic Israel -- Some practical implications -- Destruction/re-creation in the New Testament.
Understanding the Hebrew Bible has never been easy. Even great scholars have had to be content with understanding only bits and pieces of it. The main reason was the lack of hard evidence about Israel's history. Without such evidence, one could only guess about why and when a text was written, and if one couldn't really explain even one text, how could one explain the whole collection? Thanks to recent archaeology, however, it is now possible to paint a factually reliable history of Israel and make strong connections between texts and actual events. These connections, in turn, permit one to se.
9781532600418 1532600410
Bible.
Bible.--Old Testament.
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible--History of contemporary events.
Bible--History of Biblical events.
History of Biblical events.
History of contemporary events.
RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament
RELIGION / Judaism / Sacred Writings
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
BS1171.3 / .B88 2016
221.6
Making sense of the Hebrew Bible [electronic resource] / Robert A. Butterfield ; foreword by Vitor Westhelle. - 1 online resource.
In the beginning -- Stringing stories together with metaphors -- Israel's real history -- More about structure -- Messianic expectation -- Socio-religious origins of Jesus of Nazareth -- Jewish ethics and the ethics of Jesus of Nazareth -- Role of festivals in postexilic Israel -- Some practical implications -- Destruction/re-creation in the New Testament.
Understanding the Hebrew Bible has never been easy. Even great scholars have had to be content with understanding only bits and pieces of it. The main reason was the lack of hard evidence about Israel's history. Without such evidence, one could only guess about why and when a text was written, and if one couldn't really explain even one text, how could one explain the whole collection? Thanks to recent archaeology, however, it is now possible to paint a factually reliable history of Israel and make strong connections between texts and actual events. These connections, in turn, permit one to se.
9781532600418 1532600410
Bible.
Bible.--Old Testament.
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible--History of contemporary events.
Bible--History of Biblical events.
History of Biblical events.
History of contemporary events.
RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament
RELIGION / Judaism / Sacred Writings
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
BS1171.3 / .B88 2016
221.6
