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100 1 $aKugel, James L.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80135320
245 10 $aHow to read the Bible :$ba guide to Scripture, then and now /$cJames L. Kugel.
260 $aNew York :$bFree Press,$c[2007], ©2007.
300 $axiv, 819 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 693-771) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tThe rise of modern biblical scholarship --$g2.$tThe creation of the world - and of Adam and Eve --$g3.$tCain and Abel --$g4.$tThe great flood --$g5.$tThe tower of Babel --$g6.$tThe call of Abraham --$g7.$tTwo models of God and the "God of old" --$g8.$tThe trials of Abraham --$g9.$tJacob and Esau --$g10.$tJacob and the Angel --$g11.$tDinah --$g12.$tJoseph and his brothers --$g13.$tMoses in Egypt --$g14.$tThe exodus --$g15.$tA covenant with God --$g16.$tThe ten commandments --$g17.$tA religion of laws --$g18.$tWorship on the road --$g19.$tP and D --$g20.$tOn the way to Canaan --$g21.$tMoses' last words --$g22.$tJoshua and the conquest of Canaan --$g23.$tJudges and chiefs --$g24.$tThe other gods of Canaan --$g25.$tSamuel and Saul --$g26.$tThe psalms of David --$g27.$tDavid the king --$g28.$tSolomon's wisdom --$g29.$tNorth and south --$g30.$tThe book of Isaiah(s) --$g31.$tJeremiah --$g32.$tEzekiel --$g33.$tTwelve minor prophets --$g34.$tJob and postexilic wisdom --$g35.$tDaniel the interpreter --$g36.$tAfter such knowledge ...
520 1 $a"In How to Read the Bible, Harvard professor James Kugel leads the reader chapter by chapter through the "quiet revolution" of recent biblical scholarship, showing time and again how radically the interpretations of today's researchers differ from what people have always thought. The story of Adam and Eve, it turns out, was not originally about the "Fall of Man," but about the move from a primitive, hunter-gatherer society to a settled, agricultural one. As for the stories of Cain and Abel, Abraham and Sarah, and Jacob and Esau, these narratives were not, at their origin, about individual people at all but, rather, explanations of some feature of Israelite society as it existed centuries after these figures were said to have lived." "Such findings pose a serious problem for adherents of traditional, Bible-based faiths. Hiding from the discoveries of modern scholars seems dishonest, but accepting them means undermining much of the Bible's reliability and authority as the word of God. What to do? In his search for a solution, Kugel leads the reader back to a group of ancient biblical interpreters who flourished at the end of the biblical period. Far from naive, these interpreters consciously set out to depart from the original meaning of the Bible's various stories, laws, and prophecies - and they, Kugel argues, hold the key to solving the dilemma of reading the Bible today." "How to Read the Bible is, quite simply, the best, most original book about the Bible in decades. It offers an unflinching, insider's look at the work of today's scholars, together with a sustained consideration of what the Bible was for most of its history - before the rise of modern scholarship."--BOOK JACKET.
630 00 $aBible.$pOld Testament$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013769
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856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0740/2007023466-s.html
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