Backgrounds for the Bible /

Backgrounds for the Bible / [print] edited by Michael Patrick O'Connor and David Noel Freedman. - Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, (c)1987. - xii, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

"Portions of this book were previously published as a special issue of the Michigan quarterly review, vol. XXII, no. 3 (Summer, 1983), entitled 'The Bible and its traditions'"--Verso t.p. Includes bibliographies and indexes.

A daughter's death: feminism, literary criticism, and the Bible The Hermeneutical Jesus The earliest Bible Accommodating Mishnah to scripture in Judaism: the uneasy union and its offspring The politics of scripture: the Hasidic tale Scripture and worship in synagogue and church The prayer book controversy: an insular view Protestantism and preaching Interpreting the new creationism Babel und Bibel: the encounter between Babylon and the Bible On reading Genesis 1-3 Ugarit and the Bible The biblical presence in modern art. Phyllis Trible -- John Dominic Crossan -- David Noel Freedman -- Jacob Neusner -- Arnold Band -- Aidan Kavanagh -- C.H. Sisson -- Clayton Libolt -- James R. Moore -- Herbert B. Huffmon -- Francis I. Andersen -- Michael Patrick O'Connor -- The Israelite Empire: in defense of King Solomon A law-observant mission to Gentiles: the background of Galatians Loyalty and love: the language of human interconnections in the Hebrew Bible Biblical cosmology The language of holiness: perceptions of the sacred in the Hebrew Bible The Apocalyptic context of Christian origins Symbols of the Apocalypse in medieval culture The binding of Isaac in modern Israeli literature Fantasia on Kierkegaard and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Religious photography in the Victorian Age The use of the Bible in The Roman Quarry of David Jones Carol Meyers -- J. Louis Martyn -- Katharine Doob Sakenfeld -- Tikva Frymer-Kensky -- Baruch A. Levine -- John J. Collins -- Bernard McGinn -- Edna Amir Coffin -- David Lehman -- Diane Kirkpatrick -- David Blamires.



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Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

BS540 BS540.F853.B335 1987