Understanding the BibleThis is a nonsectarian guide for students undertaking their first systematic study of the Bible, giving information on archaeological data and historical background, and providing material on the date, authorship, and theological content of each book of the Old and New Testaments. |
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Abraham ancient apocalyptic Apocrypha appears Assyrian Baal Babylon Babylonian Bible writers biblical Canaan Canaanite canonical century B.C.E. Chapter Christian church concept covenant cult D. N. Freedman David Dead Sea Dead Sea Scrolls death Deity Deut Deuteronomistic History Deuteronomy disciples divine Doubleday earth Edom Egypt Egyptian Elohist exile Exod Exodus Ezra faith Figure Fortress Press Genesis God's gods Gospel Greek heaven Hebrew Bible Hellenistic holy human Isaiah Israel's Israelite Jeremiah Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews John Joshua Josiah's Judah Judaism Judean Judges KEY TOPICS/THEMES kingdom Kings later literary Luke Maccabees Mark Mark's Matthew ment Mesopotamia Mosaic Moses narrative Nevi'im Numbers Old Testament Pentateuch Persian postexilic priestly priests promises prophets Psalms Pseudepigrapha readers RECOMMENDED READING reign religion religious Roman ruler Samuel scholars believe Scrolls Shechem Sheol Sinai Solomon story Tanak Temple theological tion Torah tradition translation tribes Wisdom worship Yahweh Yahwist York