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The biblical world

The biblical world
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ISBN 1138932922 (hardcover)
9781138932920 (hardcover)
Title The biblical world / edited by Katharine J. Dell
Edition Second edition
Publisher Abingdon, Oxon. ; New York : Routledge, 2022
Physical desc. xxxii, 1065 pages ; illustrations (black and white) ; 26 cm.
Series The Routledge worlds
Note First edition published in 2002.
CB illustration: page 306, figure 16.3 (BP I, f. 24).
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Introduction / Katharine J. Dell -- Part 1: The Bible. The Old Testament/Hebrew Bible / Eryl W. Davies -- The apocrypha and pseudepigrapha / Adele Reinhartz -- The Dead Sea Scrolls / George J. Brooke -- The New Testament / Mary Marshall -- Early Christian apocrypha / Andrew Gregory -- Part 2: The canon. Law / Sandra Jacobs -- Historiography / Anselm C. Hagedorn -- Prophecy / Janet E. Tollington -- Wisdom / Katharine J. Dell -- Apocalypticism / Christopher Rowland -- The Jewish and Hellenistic novel / Laurence M. Wills -- The Gospels and Acts / Kylie Crabbe -- Letters in the New Testament and in the Greco-Roman world / Harry Gamble and Matthew V. Novenson -- Part 3: Documents. Cuneiform myths and epics in the Ancient Near East / Frances Reynolds -- The Hebrew and Aramaic languages / John Huehnergard and Jo Ann Hackett -- The Greek language / Courtney J. P. Friesen -- Text and versions: the Old Testament / Marieke Dhont -- Text and versions: the New Testament / David C. Parker -- Hebrew inscriptions / Graham Davies -- The Cairo Genizah / Benjamin Outhwaite -- Greek and Roman inscriptions: Jewish inscriptions / James K. Aitken -- Christian inscriptions in a (post-)biblical world / Joseph Verheyden -- Part 4: History. Biblical archaeology / Felicity J. Cobbing -- Palestine during the Bronze Age / Robert S. Homsher and Melissa S. Cradic -- Palestine during the Iron Age / James E. Harding -- Israel’s ancestors: the patriarchs and matriarchs / J. Cheryl Exum -- Israel at the time of the united monarchy: David and Solomon / Benjamin J. M. Johnson -- Exile, migration, and diaspora after the fall of Jerusalem in the sixth century BCE / Jill Middlemas -- Israel under Persia and Greece / Lester Grabbe -- Judaea under Roman rule: 63 BCE-135 CE / Sarah Pearce -- Israel’s neighbours / Jonathan Stökl -- Part 5: Institutions. Religion in Israel: pre-exile and in exile / C. A. Strine -- Warfare / Thomas M. Bolin -- Priesthood and festivals / Deborah Rooke -- The Arts: representational (architecture, artefacts), performative (music, drama), literary (poetry, psalmody) / Susan Gillingham -- Family and everyday life / Arthur J. Keefer -- Judaism at the turn of the era / Lutz Doering -- The first churches: social life / Justin J. Meggitt -- The first churches: religious practices / Justin J. Meggitt -- Creation and covenant -- Philip Johnston -- Salvation in Jewish thought / Norman Solomon -- Salvation in Christian thought / Paul Foster -- Ethics / C. L. Crouch and Tarah L. Van der Wiele -- New Testament christology: interpretations of the identity and role of Jesus / Catrin H. Williams -- Interpretations of the identity and role of Paul / David G. Horrell -- Death and afterlife / John J. Collins -- Purity and sacrifice / Nathan MacDonald -- Part 6: Biblical interpretation past and present. Jewish Bible translations / Isaac Kalimi -- Jewish biblical interpretation / Alison Salvesen -- Christian Bible translation / Peter J. Williams -- Early Christian biblical interpretation / Mark Edwards -- Modern biblical interpretation / William R. Telford -- Reader-response criticism and recent readers / Brittany N. Melton and Heath A. Thomas -- The Bible in contemporary culture and society / Hugh Pyper.
Subject Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- BP I
Bible -- Introductions
Bible -- History
Added name(s) Dell, Katharine J. (Katharine Julia) 1961- editor
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