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1 online resource |
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| Summary |
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. |
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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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Old Testament. |
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Bible -- History of contemporary events.
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Bible. |
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History of contemporary events. |
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Bible -- History of Biblical events.
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History of Biblical events. |
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Bible. |
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Bible. Old Testament. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Westhelle, Vítor, 1952-2018, writer of introduction.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1532600402 9781532600401 (OCoLC)964931736 |
| ISBN |
9781532600418 (electronic book) |
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1532600410 (electronic book) |
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9781536200416 |
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1536200417 |
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1532600402 |
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9781532600401 |
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9781536200425 |
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