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The creation of history in Ancient Israel
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ISBN: 1282373439 9786612373435 1134649851 020345524X 9781134649853 0415194075 9780415194075 9780203455241 0415194075 9780415194075 9781134649808 9781134649846 9780415118606 1134649843 Year: 1998 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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Argues that the biblical historians were influenced by typology, interpretation of earlier texts, satire and ideology; shows how, with this model, we can put together a history of ancient Israel using the Hebrew Bible as a key source.

God is king : understanding an israelite metaphor
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ISBN: 1850752249 0567640817 9786611842345 1281842346 0567288390 Year: 1989 Publisher: Sheffield JSOT

The Book of Judges
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ISBN: 0415162173 9780415162173 0415162165 9780415162166 Year: 2002 Publisher: London: Routledge,

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How to read the Jewish Bible
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ISBN: 0195325222 9780195325225 Year: 2007 Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,

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In his new book, master Bible scholar and teacher Marc Brettler argues that today's contemporary readers can only understand the ancient Hebrew Scripture by knowing more about the culture that produced it. And so Brettler unpacks the literary conventions, ideological assumptions, and historical conditions that inform the biblical text and demonstrates how modern critical scholarship and archaeological discoveries shed light on this fascinating and complex literature. Brettler surveys representative biblical texts from different genres to illustrate how modern can read these texts. He guides us in reading the Bible as it was read in the biblical period, independent of later religious norms and interpretive traditions. Understanding the Bible this way lets us appreciate it as an interesting text that speaks in multiple voices on profound issues. Although the emphasis of How to Read the Jewish Bible is on showing contemporary Jews, as well as Christians, how they can relate to the Bible in a more meaningful way, readers at any level of religious faith can benefit greatly from this comprehensive but remarkably clear guide to interpreting the Jewish Bible.


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God is king: understanding an Israelite metaphor
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Year: 1989 Publisher: Sheffield Sheffield Academic Press

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How to read the Bible
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ISBN: 0827610017 9780827610019 082760775X 9780827607750 082760775X 9780827607750 Year: 2005 Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : Jewish Publication Society,

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The Jewish annotated New Testament : new revised standard version Bible translation.
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ISBN: 9780195297706 0195297709 Year: 2011 Publisher: Oxford Oxford University Press

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The intention for publishing The Jewish Annotated New Testament, according to its editors, Amy-Jill Levine and Mark Zvi Brettler is to recognize the growing understanding between Jewish and Christian traditions, and to help further that understanding. The editors of this volume, both distinguished New Testament scholars, had two key reasons for creating this "Jewish Annotated New Testament." First they wanted Christian readers to learn more about the Judaic origins of Christianity and the context surrounding the life of Jesus. Second, they wanted to introduce Jewish readers to what is unquestionably one of the canonical texts in Western Civilization, whether they believe in it or not. On the whole, this volume does a fairly good job of serving these purposes. Many of the glosses found in the text are geared at linking the ideas and events of the gospels to their background in the history of Judaism. Each of the books of The New Testament is accompanied by a brief introductory essay. There are also a number of shorter sidebar essays positioned within each book to help to explain specific passages at greater length. Finally the end of the book contains a number of essays by leading experts on the bible and Jewish history on a broad range of relevant topics. Those who are involved in interfaith dialogue will recognize that this book will be a classic reference work for anyone seriously interested in Judaism in the first century.


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The Jewish annotated New Testament : new revised standard version Bible translation
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ISBN: 1283576783 9786613889232 0199927065 0199927049 9780199927043 9780199927067 9781283576789 9780195297706 0195297709 6613889237 Year: 2011 Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press,

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Although major New Testament figures--Jesus and Paul, Peter and James, Jesus' mother Mary and Mary Magdalene--were Jews, living in a culture steeped in Jewish history, beliefs, and practices, there has never been an edition of the New Testament that addresses its Jewish background and the culture from which it grew--until now. In The Jewish Annotated New Testament, eminent experts under the general editorship of Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Z. Brettler put these writings back into the context of their original authors and audiences. And they explain how these writings have affected the relations o

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