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An introduction to the Bible
David McLain Carr
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Introductions, Bible, History of contemporary events, History, Bible - History, Bibel, Bible - Introductions, Bible. N.T. - History Of Contemporary Events, Bible, history of contemporary events, Bible, introductions

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Table of Contents

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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Malden, MA

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Dewey Decimal Class
221.09
Library of Congress
BS445 .C35 2010

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p. cm.

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OL23929267M
ISBN 13
9781405167383, 9781405167376
LCCN
2009041255

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