RT Book
T1 How to read the Bible
A1 Brettler, Marc Zvi 1958-
LA English
PP Philadelphia, PA
PB Jewish Publication Society
YR 2005
ED First edition
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/483500275
AB 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.
NO Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-360) and indexes
CN BS1171.3
SN 082760775X
SN 9780827607750
K1 Bible : Old Testament : Criticism, interpretation, etc
K1 Bible : O.T : Criticism, interpretation, etc
K1 Einführung