SCM Core Text: The Pentateuch
SCM Core Text: The Pentateuch

Author: Walter Houston

Publisher: SCM Press

Published: 2013-10-22

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0334052149

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This book introduces students with a little background in biblical studies to the scholarly study of the Pentateuch (Genesis to Deuteronomy). Existing introductions to the Pentateuch are either mainly concerned with historical criticism or taken up with a survey of the contents of the five books, or both. This book is distinctive in that every chapter is concerned with the whole Pentateuch, and in that it approaches the subject from three completely different points of view, following the way in which biblical scholarship has developed over the past 30 years. The first part attempts to understand the text as it stands, as narrative, law and covenant. The second surveys the work that has been done on the history and development of the text, and its historicity. The third is concerned with its reception and interpretation. There are many detailed examples throughout, and aids to study include tables and boxes in the text, questions to enable students to come to grips with the issues either in private study or in class, and detailed guides to further reading.

SCM Core Text: The Bible and Literature
SCM Core Text: The Bible and Literature

Author: Alison Jack

Publisher: SCM Press

Published: 2013-01-25

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 033404894X

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The first textbook to engage with the crossover between the Bible and literature, covering all the key methods of literary criticism and presenting a truly inter-disciplinary approach.

SCM Core Text: Wisdom Literature
SCM Core Text: Wisdom Literature

Author: Alastair Hunter

Publisher: SCM Press

Published: 2006-09-29

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0334040159

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This textbook is aimed at undergraduates on level two or three courses relating to Old Testament Wisdom literature. The book begins with a consideration of what the term 'wisdom literature' means in Hebrew usage, and also examines which biblical materials might properly be classified as belonging to the category of wisdom literature. The cultural and political context of ancient Israel is examined, together with an analysis of the key problem of whether or not there were any practical levels of literacy in the period in question. The middle section of the book looks in more depth at those books considered to contain 'wisdom literature': Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon and Ecclesiasticus. The genre is characterised by praise of God, often in poetic form and by sayings of wisdom intended to teach about God and about virtue. Questions of authorship, editing, interpretation, the historical context of some of the writings, the book's major themes and sub-themes and the latest criticisms of each are laid out for discussion and analysis. The book is written with the undergraduate in mind, and is full of pedagogical features including tables and summaries of data, which allows for a more intensive agenda and for those with knowledge of classical Hebrew to pursue individual themes at greater depth

The Bible and Literature
The Bible and Literature

Author: Alison Jack

Publisher: Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 033404166X

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The first textbook to engage with the crossover between the Bible and literature, covering all the key methods of literary criticism and presenting a truly inter-disciplinary approach.

The Bible and Literature: The Basics
The Bible and Literature: The Basics

Author: Norman W. Jones

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-11-19

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 1317539001

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The Bible and Literature: The Basics provides an interpretive framework for understanding the significance of biblical allusions in literature—even for readers who have little prior knowledge of the Bible. In doing so, it surveys the Bible’s influence on a broad range of English, American, and other Anglophone literatures from a variety of historical periods. It also: offers a "greatest hits" tour of the Bible focuses as much on 20th- and 21st-century literatures as on earlier periods addresses the Bible’s relevance to contemporary issues in literary criticism such as poststructuralist, postcolonial, feminist, queer, and narrative theories includes discussion questions for each chapter and annotated suggestions for further reading This book explains why readers need a basic knowledge of the Bible in order to understand and appreciate key aspects of Anglophone literary traditions.

One God, One People
One God, One People

Author: Stephen C. Barton

Publisher: SBL Press

Published: 2023-09-22

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 1628375388

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From ancient times to the present day, utopian social ideas have made the unity of humankind a central concern. In the face of the threats to civic peace and harmony caused by misrule, factions, inequality, and moral weakness, philosophical and religious traditions in antiquity gave considered attention to the attainment of oneness both as an ideal and as an embodied practice. In this volume, scholars of ancient history, early Judaism, and biblical studies come together to show that ideas of unity and practices of oneness were grounded in larger conceptions of worldview, cosmic order, and power, with theological ideas such as the oneness of God laying an important foundation. In particular, contributors focus on how early Christians, with their inherited Jewish, Greek, and Roman traditions, reinterpreted oneness in light of their new identity as “members of Christ” and how they put it into practice. Contributors are Stephen C. Barton, Anna Sieges-Beal, Max Botner, Andrew J. Byers, Carsten Claußen, Kylie Crabbe, Robbie Griggs, James R. Harrison, Walter J. Houston, T. J. Lang, Jutta Leonhardt-Balzer, John-Paul Lotz, Lynette Mitchell, Nicholas J. Moore, Elizabeth E. Shively, Julien C. H. Smith, and Alan Thompson.

Contextualizing Jewish Temples
Contextualizing Jewish Temples

Author: Tova Ganzel

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-11-23

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9004444793

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Contextualizing Jewish Temples presents ten essays all written by specialists offering cross-disciplinary perspectives on the ancient Jewish temples and their contexts.

Companion to the Old Testament
Companion to the Old Testament

Author: Hywel Clifford

Publisher: SCM Press

Published: 2016-11-03

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0334053951

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This book offers guidance and enrichment for first-time and experienced readers of the Old Testament.

Illustrated Guide to the Bible
Illustrated Guide to the Bible

Author: J. R. Porter

Publisher: Chartwell Books

Published: 2016-09-15

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0785833927

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Examines the Biblical narratives in their historical, social, archaeological, and mythological contexts and provides a section with a book-by-book summary of the Bible.