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050 0 0 _aBS 1171.3
_b.B74 2005
100 1 _aBrettler, Marc Zvi.
245 1 0 _aHow to read the Bible /
_cMarc Zvi Brettler.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aPhiladelphia, PA :
_bJewish Publication Society,
_c2005.
300 _axiv, 384 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 339-360) and indexes.
505 0 _aReading as a Jew and as a scholar -- What is the Bible, anyway? -- The art of reading the Bible -- A brief history of Israel -- With scissors and paste : the sources of Genesis -- Creation vs. creationism : Genesis 1-3 as myth -- The ancestors as heroes -- Biblical law : codes and collections -- Incense is offensive to me : the cult in ancient Israel -- "In the fortieth year-- Moses addressed the Israelites : Deuteronomy -- "The walls came tumbling down" : reading Joshua -- "May my lord King David live forever" : royal ideology in Samuel and Judges -- "For Israel tore away from the house of David" : reading Kings -- Revisionist history : reading Chronicles -- Introduction to prophecy -- "Let justice well up like water" : reading Amos -- "They shall beat their swords into plowshares" : reading (first) Isaiah -- "I will make this house like Shiloh" : reading Jeremiah -- "I will be for them a mini-temple" : reading Ezekiel -- "Comfort, oh comfort my people" : the exile and beyond -- "Those that sleep in the dust-- will awake" : Zechariah, apocalyptic literature, and Daniel -- Prayer of many hearts : reading Psalms -- "Acquire wisdom" : reading Proverbs and Ecclesiastes -- "Being but dust and ashes" : reading Job -- "Drink deep of love!" : reading Song of Songs -- "Why are you so kind-- when I am a foreigner?" : reading Ruth vs. Esther -- The creation of the Bible.
630 0 0 _aBible.
_pOld Testament
_xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0510/200500944 0.html
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