Understanding the BibleThis text is the best-selling non-sectarian guide for students undertaking their first systematic study of the Bible, and it is the only single-volume text that gives both a comprehensive historical-cultural background for the entire biblical era and a rigorous analysis of each individual work of the Old Testament, Apocrypha and New Testament. The purpose of the text is twofold: to acquaint readers with the content and major themes of each biblical book and to familiarize them with important contemporary scholarship. - A new chapter on historically evolving concepts of God enhances the book's value in studying the history of Judaeo-Christian religion. - Chapter 1 has been extensively rewritten to more effectively introduce students to essential facts about the origins and growth of biblical literature and to the critical techniques scholars use to study it. - Pertinent new material has been added to every chapter, giving more detailed examinations of biblical ideas and themes, and the bibliographies have been updated. |
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Contents
The New Testament | 9 |
How the Bible Became Available in English Translation | 23 |
History and Geography of the Ancient Near East | 43 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Understanding the Bible |
| Author | Stephen L. Harris |
| Edition | 6, illustrated |
| Publisher | McGraw-Hill, 2002 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | Feb 8, 2011 |
| ISBN | 0767429168, 9780767429160 |
| Length | 736 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Biblical Commentary / General |
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