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100 1 $aKnight, Douglas A.,$d1943-
245 14 $aThe meaning of the bible :$bwhat the Jewish scriptures and Christian Old Testament can teach us /$cDouglas A. Knight and Amy-Jill Levine.
260 $aNew York :$bHarperOne/HarperCollins,$c2012.
300 $axxii, 473 p. :$bmaps ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [461]-464) and index.
505 0 $aMachine generated contents note: PART 1 -- 1.The History of Ancient Israel -- Reconstructing History -- Historical Synopsis -- The Ancestors -- The Exodus -- Settlement of the Land -- The Founding of the Monarchy -- From the Divided Kingdom to the Fall of Jerusalem -- Exile and Return -- The Persian and Hellenistic Periods -- The Historical Time Frame -- 2.The Literary Heritage of Ancient Israel -- Tanakh or Old Testament or Hebrew Bible? -- Every Translator, a Traitor -- Literary Conventions -- Characterization -- Different Stories, Different Authors -- Canonization -- 3.Land and Settlement -- Israel's Environs -- Topography -- Climate and Water Resources -- Settlement of the Land -- A Land of Milk and Honey -- PART 2 -- 4.Law and Justice -- The Written and the Unwritten -- Ancient Southwest Asia -- Rhetorical Forms -- Administering Justice -- 5.The Divine -- Four Stumbling Blocks to Talking About the Biblical God -- The Names of God -- Religious Competition and Co-optation --
505 0 $aContents note continued: The Divine Feminine -- Father God, Children of God, Angels -- Polytheism, Henotheism, and Monotheism -- Seeing the Portraits Again -- 6.The Cultus -- The "Domestic Cult" -- Tabernacles and Temples -- Priests -- Purity -- Dietary Concerns -- Sacrifice -- Child Sacrifice -- 7.Chaos and Creation -- Creation Today -- Cosmic Architecture -- Hands-on Artisanship -- Disorder and Estrangement -- From Cain and Abel to Noah and Babel -- Other Biblical Creations -- 8.Continuation and Completion -- Abraham's Search for a Home -- From Slavery to Liberation -- New Exodus: From Prophecy to Apocalyptic -- PART 3 -- 9.Self and Other -- Hebrews -- Circumcision -- Endogamy -- The Tribes of Israel -- The Samaritans -- Judeans and Jews -- From Affiliation to Conversion -- Resident Aliens and Foreigners -- Chosen People -- 10.Sexuality -- Revisiting Eden -- Sexual Seduction, Response, and Potency -- Legislating Sexuality -- Marriage, Divorce, and Adultery -- Abortion --
505 0 $aContents note continued: Sexual Abuse -- Innuendo -- 11.Politics and the Economy -- The Nation-State -- The Cities -- The Empire and the Colony -- The Household -- The Clan -- The Tribe -- 12.Diaspora -- Initial Scattering and Return -- The Ten Lost Tribes -- The Babylonian Diaspora -- Postexilic Diaspora Communities -- Esther -- Daniel -- Tobit -- PART 4 -- 13.Critique and Reform -- Historians as Critics -- Moses, Flawed but Unassailable -- As His Father David Did -- Prophets as Critics -- Politics -- Economy -- Religion -- 14.Wisdom and Theodicy -- Who Is Wise? -- Sages and Their Literature -- Sirach and the Wisdom of Solomon -- Woman Wisdom -- Job and Theodicy -- Qohelet (Ecclesiastes) and Realism.
520 $aThe finest introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures available anywhere is at your fingertips in The Meaning of the Bible. Preeminent biblical scholars Douglas A. Knight and Amy-Jill Levine deliver the fullest introduction to the Old Testament- also known as the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible- ever, offering a wealth of highly readable historical background and social context, plus an examination of the meaning and aesthetic value of the sacred literature at the heart of Judaism and Christianity.
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700 1 $aLevine, Amy-Jill,$d1956-
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