An Introduction to the Bible: Sacred Texts and Imperial ContextsJohn Wiley & Sons, 2010 M03 8 - 408 pages This groundbreaking introductory textbook explores the emergence and development of the Bible, placing it in the broader context of world history. It particularly focuses on the role of a number of empires in the formation of the Biblical canon.
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Contents
What is a Basics Box? | 1 |
Contents of the Hebrew BibleTanachOld Testament | 4 |
ad bc bce and ce | 17 |
Yahwehthe LORD | 28 |
What Was Earliest Israel and Who Were Judges? | 36 |
The Name Israel | 44 |
Rise of the Monarchy | 58 |
What They Dont Tell Us | 65 |
Community | 181 |
Book of Haggai | 186 |
Book of Zechariah | 187 |
Alternative Perspectives on Foreigners | 192 |
Book of Genesis | 194 |
The Emergence of Judaism | 206 |
Book of Daniel | 211 |
Books of Chronicles | 217 |
Part 1 | 67 |
Book of Proverbs | 73 |
Jacob Story | 89 |
in Judah | 93 |
The Annals of Sennacherib | 95 |
Book of Amos | 99 |
Kuntillet Adjrud used by eighthcentury Israelites | 103 |
Hosea and the Book of the Twelve Prophets | 105 |
Book of Micah | 108 |
and the Call Narrative | 112 |
Book of Nahum | 121 |
Deuteronomy and the Ten Commandments | 127 |
The Covenant Code and Deuteronomy | 129 |
Books of Samuel | 133 |
The Conquest and Ancient Holy War | 136 |
Book of Jeremiah | 140 |
Forced Labor for Exiles Under Nebuchadnezzar | 152 |
Book of Lamentations | 153 |
The Divine Council | 158 |
Second IsaiahDeuteroIsaiah | 160 |
Terms for It and Pictures of Its Formation | 165 |
Source | 168 |
Paul and his Letters in the Roman Colonial Context | 241 |
Corinthians | 254 |
Romans | 261 |
Marks Story of Jesus in the Midst of Roman Retribution | 269 |
Gospel of Mark | 273 |
Defining Community in the Wake of Destruction | 289 |
Gospel of Matthew | 292 |
Chapter Overview | 308 |
Negotiating the Empire in LukeActs | 310 |
Situating the Jesus Movement in the Roman Present | 314 |
of a secondcentury ce emperor and his wife | 319 |
Linking Past Present and Future | 320 |
Turning Inward | 327 |
Gospel of John | 330 |
Variations on Responses to Empire in other New Testament Writings | 345 |
Revelation to John | 349 |
Hebrews | 356 |
The Final Formation of the Jewish and Christian Bibles | 363 |
Textual Criticism 8 | 377 |
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Common terms and phrases
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