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Author Coogan, Michael David, author

Title The Bible : what everyone needs to know © / Michael Coogan
Published New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource
Series What everyone needs to know
Contents Cover -- Half-Title -- The.Bible -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATIONS -- 1 Bible and Bibles -- What is the Bible? -- What is a canon and why is it important? -- What is the Bible in Judaism? -- What are the Apocrypha? -- What are the Pseudepigrapha? -- What is the Bible in Christianity? -- What is the New Testament? -- Why is the Protestant Old Testament different from that of Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians? -- 2 Languages, Texts, and Translations -- What languages was the Bible written.in?
How many translations of the Bible are there? -- What are the oldest translations of the Bible? -- How do translators work? -- What is a literal translation? -- What is dynamic equivalence? -- What is textual criticism? -- What are some important English translations of the Bible? -- Should translations of the Bible use inclusive language? -- Why is translation so difficult? -- 3 The Contents of the Bible -- What are the books of the Bible? -- How were the books of the Bible named? -- Why is genre important? -- What are the principal genres in the Hebrew Bible/.Old Testament?
Which books of the Hebrew Bible/.Old Testament are narrative history? -- Which books of the Hebrew Bible/.Old Testament are historical fiction? -- Does the Bible contain myths? -- Where are laws found in the Bible? -- Where are hymns and prayers found in the Bible? -- What is wisdom literature? -- What are proverbs? -- What is prophetic literature? -- What is apocalyptic literature? -- What are the principal genres in the New Testament? -- What is a gospel? -- What is the genre of Acts of Apostles? -- What are the "letters" in the New Testament? -- What is the book of Revelation?
4 Authors and Authorship -- Who wrote the Bible? -- Why does it matter who wrote the books of the Bible? -- How did the belief that Moses was the author of the Torah originate? -- Did David write the psalms and other poems attributed to him? -- Did Solomon write all the books attributed to him? -- Did the prophets write the books named after them? -- Who wrote the books of the Apocrypha? -- Who wrote the books of the New Testament? -- When was the Bible written? -- 5 The Contexts of the Bible -- Why is it important to study the contexts in which the biblical writers lived?
What is the Fertile Crescent? -- What is the Levant? -- What is the topography of Israel? -- How does historical geography help us understand the Bible? -- Are all the places mentioned in the Bible real places? -- What is the history of the ancient Near East? -- Which major biblical characters are mentioned in contemporaneous nonbiblical sources? -- How were the writers of the Hebrew Bible influenced by texts from other cultures? -- How were the writers of the Apocrypha influenced by texts from other cultures? -- How were the writers of the New Testament influenced by texts from other cultures?
Summary "The Bible is the sacred scripture of Judaism and Christianity. In its pages we encounter some of the most memorable characters in world literature: Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Abraham and Sarah, Jacob, Moses, Samson and Delilah, David and Bathsheba, Job, Jesus, and Paul; some of the most well-known religious texts: the Ten Commandments, the Shema, Psalm 23, and the Sermon on the Mount; and some of the most important concepts in theology: covenant, chosenness, sin, atonement, and salvation. Over the ages, the Bible has also had an enormous influence on politics, on literature and the arts, and even on medicine and science. The word "Bible" basically means "book." Although usually formatted as a single book, the Bible is actually a collection of shorter books written over the course of more than a thousand years, an anthology of texts that Jews and Christians have considered especially authoritative, even inspired-"holy writ." Put simply, for Jews the Bible is a collection of some twenty-four books that by the second century CE had a special status. For Christians, the Bible includes these books, and some other Jewish religious writings, which together were eventually called "the Old Testament"; to them were added another twenty-seven early Christian texts, known as "the New Testament." Behind these simple definitions, however, lie many complexities, both because of the Bible's long history of formation and because of the different faith communities that consider it canonical"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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SUBJECT Bible -- Introductions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013670
Bible fast
Genre/Form Introductions
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020012865
ISBN 9780199383061
0199383065
9780197569962
019756996X
9780199383054
0199383057