The biblical world. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Editors: Dell, Katharine J (Katharine Julia), 1961-
• Contents: Introduction; Katharine J. Dell Part 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 Part 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; Laurence M. Wills 12: The Gospels and Acts; Kylie Crabbe 13: Letters in the new Testament and in the Greco-Roman world; Harry Gamble and Matthew V. Novenson Part III: Documents 14: Cuneiform myths and epics in the Ancient Near East; Frances Reynolds 15: The Hebrew and Aramaic languages; John Huebnergard and 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 Part IV: History 23: Biblical archaeology; Felicity J. Cobbing 24: Palestine during the Bronze Age; Robert S. Homsher and 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 Stökl Part V: Institutions 32: Religion in Israel: pre-exile and in exile; C. 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; C. L. Crouch and Tarah L. Van der 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 Part VI: Biblical interpretation past and present 48: Jewish Bible translations; Isaac Kalimi 49: Jewish Biblical 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; Brittany N. Melton and Heath A. Thomas 54: The Bible in contemporary culture and society; Hugh Pyper
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 220.61
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317392545; 9781317392552; 9781315678894
• Related ISBNs: 9781138932920
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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