Author
Marc Zvi Brettler
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Jewish Publication Society
Published
October 2005
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Shedding new light on the Bible by reading it as it was meant in the time and place in which it was written In his new book, master Bible scholar and teacher Marc Brettler argues that today's contemporary readers can only understand the ancient Hebrew scripture by knowing more about the culture that produced it. And so Brettler unpacks the literary conventions, ideological assumptions, and historical conditions that inform the biblical text and demonstrates how modern critical scholarship and archaeological discoveries shed light on this fascinating and complex literature. Brettler surveys representative biblical texts from different genres to illustrate how modern scholars have taught us to "read" these texts. Using the "historical-critical method" long popular in academia, he guides us in reading the Bible as it was read in the biblical period, independent of later religious norms and interpretive traditions. Understanding the Bible this way lets us appreciate it as an interesting text that speaks in multiple voices on profound issues. This book is the first "Jewishly sensitive" introduction to the historical-critical method.Unlike other such introductory texts, the Bible that this book speaks about is the Jewish one - with the three-part TaNaKH arrangement, the sequence of books found in modern printed Hebrew editions, and the chapter and verse enumerations used in most modern Jewish versions of the Bible. In an afterword, the author discusses how the historical-critical method can help contemporary Jews relate to the Bible as a religious text in a more meaningful way.
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Author
Marc Zvi Brettler
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Jewish Publication Society
Published
October 2005
Weight
663g
Page Count
400
Dimensions
153 x 229 x 27 mm
ISBN
9780827607750
ISBN-10
082760775X
Eden Code
1196375
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Author/Creator: Marc Zvi Brettler
ISBN: 9780827607750
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Release Date: October 2005
Weight: 663g
Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 27 mm
Eden Code: 1196375
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