LEADER 00000cam a2200685Mi 4500 001 ocn980225823 003 OCoLC 005 20200717185412.5 006 m o d 007 cr |n||||||||| 008 170406s2016 oru ob 000 0 eng d 019 980522992|a980830977 020 9781532600418|q(electronic book) 020 1532600410|q(electronic book) 020 9781536200416 020 1536200417 020 |z1532600402 020 |z9781532600401 020 |z9781536200425 035 (OCoLC)980225823|z(OCoLC)980522992|z(OCoLC)980830977 040 YDX|beng|epn|cYDX|dOCLCO|dEBLCP|dYDX|dMERUC|dVGM|dN$T |dOCLCA|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dVTS|dOCLCA|dSTF|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO 049 RIDW 050 4 BS1171.3|b.B88 2016 072 7 REL|x006210|2bisacsh 072 7 REL|x040040|2bisacsh 082 04 221.6|223 090 BS1171.3|b.B88 2016 100 1 Butterfield, Robert A.|q(Robert Alan),|0https://id.loc.gov /authorities/names/no2017111476|eauthor. 245 10 Making sense of the Hebrew Bible /|cRobert A. Butterfield ; foreword by Vitor Westhelle. 264 1 Eugene, Oregon :|bWipf & Stock,|c[2016] 264 4 |c©2016 300 1 online resource 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 text file|2rdaft 504 Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 In the beginning -- Stringing stories together with metaphors -- Israel's real history -- More about structure -- Messianic expectation -- Socio-religious origins of Jesus of Nazareth -- Jewish ethics and the ethics of Jesus of Nazareth -- Role of festivals in postexilic Israel -- Some practical implications -- Destruction/re-creation in the New Testament. 520 Understanding the Hebrew Bible has never been easy. Even great scholars have had to be content with understanding only bits and pieces of it. The main reason was the lack of hard evidence about Israel's history. Without such evidence, one could only guess about why and when a text was written, and if one couldn't really explain even one text, how could one explain the whole collection? Thanks to recent archaeology, however, it is now possible to paint a factually reliable history of Israel and make strong connections between texts and actual events. These connections, in turn, permit one to se. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 630 00 Bible.|pOld Testament|xCriticism, interpretation, etc. |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013769 630 00 Bible|xHistory of contemporary events.|0https://id.loc.gov /authorities/subjects/sh85013658 630 00 Bible|xHistory of Biblical events.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh85013655 630 7 Bible.|pOld Testament.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast /1808092 630 7 Bible.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1356024 630 07 Bible.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1356024 630 07 Bible.|pOld Testament.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast /1808092 650 7 History of contemporary events.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/1865054 650 7 History of Biblical events.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org /fast/1865053 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 Criticism, interpretation, etc.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 700 1 Westhelle, Vítor,|d1952-2018,|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n2002104142|ewriter of introduction. 776 08 |iPrint version:|z1532600402|z9781532600401 |w(OCoLC)964931736 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=1490813|zOnline ebook via EBSCO. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading the EBSCO version of this ebook|uhttp://guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 00 |d20200727|cEBSCO|tEBSCOebooksacademic NEW June-July 17 7032|lridw 994 92|bRID