{"first_publish_date": "1998", "title": "The historical books", "covers": [429106], "lc_classifications": ["BS1205.2 .N45 1998"], "key": "/works/OL1918502W", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL229945A"}}], "dewey_number": ["222/.061"], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "subjects": ["Criticism, interpretation", "Bible", "Introductions", "Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., o. t. historical books"], "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "In The Historical Books, Richard D. Nelson introduces the basic concepts of history and historical writing and provides a framework of events and periods that can be used to situate historical data reported in texts or presupposed by them. Standard interpretive methods are explained and illustrated by reference to 2 Samuel 24.--From publisher's description."}, "latest_revision": 8, "revision": 8, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-12-09T22:34:19.374382"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-12-09T15:10:43.191455"}}