The biblical world /edited by John Barton.

The biblical world /edited by John Barton. - London ; New York : Routledge, (c)2002. - 2 volume : illustrations ; 25 cm.



volume 1. part 1. The Bible. Old Testament/Hebrew Bible/ The Apocrypha/ The New Testament/ part 2. Genres. Near Eastern myths and legends/ Historiography in the Old Testament/ Prophecy/ Wisdom/ Apocalypticism/ The Jewish novel/ The gospels/ Letters in the New Testament and in the Greco-Roman world/ part 3. Documents. Text and versions : the Old Testament/ Text and versions : the New Testament/ The Dead Sea scrolls/ Hebrew inscriptions/ The Cairo Genizah/ The gnostic gospels/ Early Jewish biblical interpretation/ Early Christian biblical interpretation/ part 4. History. Biblical archaeology/ Palestine during the Bronze Age/ Palestine during the Iron Age/ The age of the exile/ Israel under Persia and Greece/ Judaea under Roman rule, 63 BCE-135 CE/ Israel's neighbours/ Rex Mason -- Adele Reinhartz -- Christopher Tuckett -- Stephanie Dalley -- A.D.H. Mayes -- Graeme Auld -- Katharine Dell -- Christopher Rowland -- Lawrence M. Wills -- John Muddiman -- Harry Gamble -- Carmel McCarthy -- David Parker -- George J. Brooke -- Graham Davies -- Stefan C. Reif -- Alastair H.B. Logan -- Alison Salvesen -- Mark Edwards -- Felicity J. Cobbing -- J. Maxwell Miller -- Keith W. Whitelam -- Joseph Blenkinsopp -- Lester L. Grabbe -- Sarah Pearce -- Bustenay Oded -- volume 2. part 5. Institutions. The Hebrew and Aramaic languages/ The Greek language/ Warfare/ The arts : architecture, music, poetry, psalmody/ Law and administration in the New Testament world/ Religion in pre-exilic Israel ; Religion in Israel during and after the exile/ Judaism at the turn of the era/ The first churches : social life ; The first churches : religious practice/ part 6. Biblical figures. Israel's ancestors : the patriarchs and matriarchs/ Moses/ David and Solomon/ Jesus/ Paul/ part 7. Religious ideas. Salvation in Jewish thought/ Salvation in Christian thought/ Interpretations of the identity and role of Jesus/ Death and afterlife/ Purity/ part 8. The Bible today. Jewish Bible translation/ Christian Bible translation/ Modern biblical interpretation/ John Huehnergard and Jo Ann Hackett -- John Muddiman -- Thomas M. Bolin -- Susan Gillingham -- J. Duncan M. Derrett -- Rainer Albertz -- Jarl Fossum -- Justin J. Meggitt -- George W. Ramsey -- John Van Seters -- Gwilym H. Jones -- Robert Morgan -- David G. Horrell -- Dan Cohn-Sherbok -- Andrew Chester -- Catrin H. Williams -- John J. Collins -- Gordon Wenham -- Leonard J. Greenspoon -- Henry Wansbrough -- William R. Telford.



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