The biblical world / edited by Katherine J. Dell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dell, Katharine J. (Katharine Julia), 1961- editor.

Series:

Routledge worlds

The Routledge worlds

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History of Biblical events.

63000Bible--History of Biblical events.

63000Bible.

63000Bible--Introductions.

Genre:

Introductions.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 1065 pages : illustrations (black & white) ; 25 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.

Summary:

The Biblical World is a comprehensive guide to the contents, historical settings, and social context of the Bible. This new edition is updated with several new chapters as well as a new section on biblical interpretation. Contributions from leading scholars in the field present wide-ranging views not just of biblical materials and their literary and linguistic context, but also of the social institutions, history and archaeology, and religious concepts. New chapters cover topics such as the priesthood and festivals, creation and covenant, ethics, and family life, while a new section on biblical interpretation discusses Jewish and Christian bible translation and key thematic emphases, and modern reader-response and cultural approaches. This revised edition of The Biblical World offers an up-to-date and thorough survey of the Bible and its world, and will continue to be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament and their history and interpretation, as well as anyone working on the societies, religions, and political and cultural institutions that created and influenced these texts.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I THE BIBLE

1. The Old Testament/Hebrew Bible / Eryl W. Davies

2. The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha / Adele Reinhartz

3. The Dead Sea Scrolls / George J. Brooke

4. The New Testament / Mary Marshall

5. Early Christian Apocrypha / Andrew Gregory

pt. II THE CANON

6. Law / Sandra Jacobs

7. Historiography / Anselm C. Hagedorn

8. Prophecy / Janet E. Tollington

9. Wisdom / Katharine J. Dell

10. Apocalypticism / Christopher Rowland

11. The Jewish and Hellenistic novel / Lawrence M. Wills

12. The Gospels and Acts / Kylie Crabbe

13. Letters in the New Testament and in the Greco-Roman world / Matthew V. Novenson

pt. III DOCUMENTS

14. Cuneiform myths and epics in the Ancient Near East / Frances Reynolds

15. The Hebrew and Aramaic languages / Jo Ann Hackett

16. The Greek language / Courtney J. P. Friesen

17. Text and versions: the Old Testament / Marieke Dhont

18. Text and versions: the New Testament / David C. Parker

19. Hebrew inscriptions / Graham Davies

20. The Cairo Genizah / Benjamin Outhwaite

21. Greek and Roman inscriptions: Jewish inscriptions / James K. Aitken

22. Christian inscriptions in a (post-)biblical world / Joseph Verheyden

pt. IV HISTORY

23. Biblical archaeology / Felicity J. Cobbing

24. Palestine during the Bronze Age / Melissa S. Cradic

25. Palestine during the Iron Age / James E. Harding

26. Israel's ancestors: the patriarchs and matriarchs / J. Cheryl Exum

27. Israel at the time of the united monarchy: David and Solomon / Benjamin J. M. Johnson

28. Exile, migration, and diaspora after the fall of Jerusalem in the sixth century BCE / Jill Middlemas

29. Israel under Persia and Greece / Lester Grabbe

30. Judaea under Roman rule: 63 BCE

135 CE / Sarah Pearce

31. Israel's neighbours / Jonathan Stokl

pt. V INSTITUTIONS

32. Religion in Israel: pre-exile and in exile / Casey A. Strine

33. Warfare / Thomas M. Bolin

34. Priesthood and festivals / Deborah Rooke

35. The Arts: representational (architecture, artefacts), performative (music, drama), literary (poetry, psalmody) / Susan Gillingham

36. Family and everyday life / Arthur J. Keefer

37. Judaism at the turn of the era / Lutz Doering

38. The first churches: social life / Justin J. Meggitt

39. The first churches: religious practices / Justin J. Meggitt

40. Creation and covenant / Philip Johnston

41. Salvation in Jewish thought / Norman Solomon

42. Salvation in Christian thought / Paul Foster

43. Ethics / Tarah L. Van de Wiele

44. New Testament christology: interpretations of the identity and role of Jesus / Catrin H. Williams

45. Interpretations of the identity and role of Paul / David G. Horrell

46. Death and afterlife / John J. Collins

47. Purity and sacrifice / Nathan MacDonald

pt. VI BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION PAST AND PRESENT

48. Jewish Bible translations / Isaac Kalimi

49. Jewish Bible interpretation / Alison Salvesen

50. Christian Bible translation / Peter J. Williams

51. Early Christian biblical interpretation / Mark Edwards

52. Modern biblical interpretation / William R. Telford

53. Reader-response criticism and recent readers / Heath A. Thomas

54. The Bible in contemporary culture and society / Hugh Pyper.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Biblical world.

ISBN:

9781138932920

1138932922

OCLC:

1023490363

Publisher Number:

99988507910