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Understanding the Bible

ISBN: 9780072965483 | 0072965487
Edition: 7th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Pub. Date: 2/3/2006

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SummaryTable of Contents
This best-selling nonsectarian guide is designed for students undertaking their first systematic study of the Bible. It is the only single-volume introductory textbook that places each book of the Old Testament, Apocrypha, and the New Testament fully in its historical and cultural context. Understanding the Bible acquaints readers with the content as well as the major themes of each biblical book, and familiarizes them with the goals and methods of important scholarship.

Chapter 1 The Bible: An Overview

Chapter 2 The Process of Formation: How the Bible Came to Be Written, Transmitted, Canonized, and Translated

Part One The Hebrew Bible: Tanak, or Old Testament

Photo Essay - Mesopotamia: Fountainhead of Biblical Tradition

Chapter 3 The Ancient Near East: The Environment that Produced the Bible

Chapter 4 The God of Israel: An Evolving Portrait

Chapter 5 The Torah: Five Books of Divine Teaching

Photo Essay - Archaeology of the Bible

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