How to Read the Bible : history, prophecy, literature-- why modern readers need to know the difference, and what it means for faith today / Steven L. McKenzie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKenzie, Steven L., 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Introductions.

Bible.

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Those who believe in the literal truth of the Bible and those who fundamentally distrust it are at opposite ends of the belief spectrum. Steven McKenzie argues that both camps are operating under a basic misunderstanding of the nature of the texts collected in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament.

Contents:

Introduction: Jonah and genre

Not exactly as it happened : historiography in the Bible

Forthtelling, nor foretelling : biblical prophecy

Life's real questions : wisdom literature and the Bible

Not the end of the world as we know it : wisdom literature in the Bible

Issues in the churches : the letters of the New Testament.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-203) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786611346935

1-281-34693-4

0-19-803655-8

1-4356-0951-4

0-19-516149-1

OCLC:

57731099