About this title: This comprehensive and systematic text approaches the Bible from a literary/historical perspective and studies it as a body of writing produced by real people who intended to convey messages to real audiences. Avoiding assessments of the Bible's truth or authority, the authors maintain a rigorously objective tone as they discuss such major issues as the forms and strategies of biblical writing, its actual historical and physical settings, the process of canon formation, the sources of the Pentateuch, and the nature of such biblical genres as prophecy, apocalypse, and gospel. In this edition, ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Second Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780195059335ISBN:0195059336
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Avoiding questions of the Bible's truth or authority, this volume studies the Bible from a literary and historical perspective. This second edition adds a section on writing in biblical times. 286 pages. This copy is in good conditon. The binding is solid, and there are no reading creases in the spine. The cover shows moderate wear, including some softening of the corners and a half inch tear at the bottom of the front hinge. There is also the remains of store ... read more
Description: Very Good. Oxford University Press, TPB, 1995, 3rd edition. Lightly used, clean, solid binding, no markings or highlighting, light wear on corners. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780195059335ISBN:0195059336
Description: Very Good. Truly very good softcover, 2nd edition, no marks, text clean and bright, covers glossy, bright, clean, binding square and tight, very reliable shipper(shelf#30) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1986-03-20
ISBN-13:9780195039931ISBN:0195039939
Description: Good. Former library book in good condition with typical library markings and stickers. Laminated dust jacket. Laminated dust jacket. Front end paper (blank) removed by library. Front end paper (blank) removed by library. Lamination is scuffed/peeled in a few places, but the jacket is undamaged. read more
"I read the 1996 version, but this 2005 version will be assigned reading the next time I teach the class. Just good clear writing. It's not going to blow your mind with its brilliance, but that's what lectures and discussions are for."
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