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In The Bible: A Historical and Literary Introduction, Second Edition, renowned biblical scholar and New York Times Best-selling author Bart D. Ehrman provides an exceptionally engaging survey of the Bible. Comprehensive yet succinct, current in scholarship, rich in pedagogical tools, and easily accessible to students of all backgrounds, this is an ideal textbook for one-semester courses on the Bible. Ehrman covers every book in the canon, including the Apocrypha, explaining the historical and literary problems posed by the biblical texts and showing students how to analyze scholarly evidence and conclusions.

Table of Contents:
List of Boxes: List of Maps: Preface: Introduction Why Study the Bible? Chapter 1. What Is the Bible? What Is the Bible? Putting the Bible on the Map Chapter 2. Why Is the Bible So Hard to Understand? Challenges of Studying the Bible Our Literary Approach Excursus: Our Approaches to the Bible: Our Historical Approach Chapter 3. The Book of Genesis The Famous Stories of the Book of Genesis Chapter 4. Who Wrote the Pentateuch? The Traditional View Oral Traditions and Cultural Parallels Chapter 5. From Egypt to Mount Sinai: Exodus and Leviticus The Book of Exodus The Law of Moses (Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers) Chapter 6. From Mount Sinai to the Promised Land: Numbers and Deuteronomy The Book of Numbers in a Nutshell The Book of Deuteronomy Chapter 7. The Deuteronomistic History: Joshua and Judges The Deuteronomistic History The Book of Joshua The Book of Judges Chapter 8. The Books of Samuel and Kings 1 and 2 Samuel 1 and 2 Kings Chapter 9. Early Israelite Prophets: Amos and Isaiah The Rise of the Prophets Amos of Tekoa Isaiah of Jerusalem Chapter 10. Other Pre-exilic Prophets: Hosea, Micah, Nahum, Zephaniah, Jeremiah, and Habakkuk Hosea Micah Nahum Zephaniah Jeremiah Habakkuk Chapter 11. The Historians of Exile and Return: Ezra, Nehemiah, and Beyond Ezra and Nehemiah The Later History of Judea Chapter 12. The Exilic and Post-Exilic Prophets Ezekiel 1 Second Isaiah Joel Obadiah Haggai Zechariah Third Isaiah Malachi Chapter 13. The Poets of Ancient Israel The Nature of Hebrew Poetry The Book of Psalms The Book of Lamentations The Song of Songs Chapter 14. Storytellers in Ancient Israel Ruth Esther Jonah Daniel 1-6 1 and 2 Chronicles Chapter 15. The Wisdom Literature Introduction to the Wisdom Literature Proverbs Job Ecclesiastes Chapter 16. Jewish Apocalyptic Literature and the Apocrypha The Rise of Jewish Apocalypticism Other Jewish Literature of the Period: The Deuterocanonical or Apocryphal Books Chapter 17. The World of Jesus and His Followers One Remarkable Life The Greco-Roman World Judaism in the Time of Jesus Putting the New Testament and Early Christianity on the Map Chapter 18. The Synoptic Problem and the Gospel of Mark The Storyline of the Synoptic Gospels The Synoptic Problem The Gospels as Biographies The Gospel of Mark Chapter 19. The Gospels of Matthew and Luke The Gospel of Matthew The Gospel of Luke The Synoptic Gospels and the Problem of History Chapter 20. The Gospel of John and the Later Gospels The Gospel of John The Other Gospels Chapter 21. The Historical Jesus Problems with Our Sources Jesus the Apocalyptic Prophet Chapter 22. The Life of the Apostle Paul Problems in the Study of Paul A Brief Biography of Paul Chapter 23. The Letters of Paul 1 Thessalonians 1 Corinthians 2 Corinthians Galatians Philippians Philemon Romans Chapter 24. The Acts of the Apostles Paul During and After the New Testament The Acts of the Apostles Chapter 25. In the Wake of Paul: The Deutero-Pauline Letters 2 Thessalonians Colossians Ephesians The Pastoral Epistles Chapter 26. The General Epistles and the Book of Revelation The Letter to the Hebrews The Letter of James 1 Peter 2 Peter 1, 2, and 3 John Jude The Apocalypse of John Excursus One: Jews and Christians in the Ancient World: Excursus Two: The Persecution of the Early Christians: Excursus Three: Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity: Chapter 27. Appendix: The Canon and Text of the Bible 3 The Canon of the Hebrew Bible The Canon of the New Testament The Text of the Hebrew Bible The Text of the New Testament Glossary: Credits: Index:


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780190621308
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Height: 251 mm
  • No of Pages: 456
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Weight: 840 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0190621303
  • Publisher Date: 27 Sep 2017
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A Historical and Literary Introduction
  • Width: 203 mm


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