An edition of How to read the Bible
(2005)
How to read the Bible
1st ed.
by Marc Zvi Brettler
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How to read the Bible
2005, Jewish Publication Society
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082760775X 9780827607750
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Table of Contents
Reading as a Jew and as a scholar
What is the Bible, anyway?
The art of reading the Bible
A brief history of Israel
With scissors and paste : the sources of Genesis
Creation vs. creationism : Genesis 1-3 as myth
The ancestors as heroes
Biblical law : codes and collections
Incense is offensive to me : the cult in ancient Israel
In the fortieth year
Moses addressed the Israelites : reading Deuteronomy
And the walls came tumbling down : reading Joshua
May my lord King David live forever : royal ideology in Samuel and Judges
For the Israel tore away from the house of David : reading Kings
Revisionist history : reading Chronicles
Introduction to prophecy
Let justice well up like water : reading Amos
They shall beat their swords into plowshares : reading (first) Isaiah
I will make this house like Shiloh : reading Jeremiah
I will be for them a mini-temple : reading Ezekiel
Comfort, oh comfort my people : the exile and beyond
Those that sleep in the dust
will awake : Zechariah, apocalyptic literature, and Daniel
Prayer of many hearts : reading Psalms
Acquire wisdom : reading Proverbs and Ecclesiastes
Being but dust and ashes : reading Job
Drink deep of love! : reading Song of Songs
Why are you so kind
when I am a foreigner? : reading Ruth vs. Esther
The creation of the Bible.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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