Butterfield, Robert A. (Robert Alan) creator author. Westhelle, Vítor 1952- author of introduction. text bibliography Criticism, interpretation, etc. Electronic books. oru 2016 monographic eng

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1 online resource. 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. 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. Robert A. Butterfield ; foreword by Vitor Westhelle. Criticism, interpretation, etc History of contemporary events History of Biblical events History of Biblical events History of contemporary events RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament RELIGION / Judaism / Sacred Writings BS1171.3 .B88 2016 221.6 (OCoLC)964931736 9781532600418 1532600410 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1490813 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1490813 YDX 170406 20200709060536.0 ocn980225823 eng