History and ideology in the Old Testament : biblical studies at the end of a millennium / James Barr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barr, James, 1924-2006.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Evidences, authority, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--History of Biblical events.

Christianity.

Physical Description:

viii, 198 p.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Summary:

Professor Barr has brought together aspects of controversy about the Bible at the end of the millennium with an emphasis on the Old Testament and the history of Israel. The central question is how far the Bible gives us a vision into a real world of the past and how far it expresses a world imagined for religious reasons by writes who lived many centuries later.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Abbreviations

1. The Bible, History, and Apologetics

2. The New Profile of Discussion about the Bible

3. Biblical Criticism

4. History of Israel

5. Ideology

6. Postmodernism

7. Postmodernism and Theology

8. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W.

Notes:

"The Hensley Henson Lectures for 1997 delivered to the University of Oxford."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-191) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780191520679

0191520675

0-19-160040-7

1-281-94373-8

0-19-152067-5

9786611943738

0-19-928053-3

OCLC:

676815194