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" How to read the Bible / "
Marc Zvi Brettler.
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BL
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978888
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b733258
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| Main Entry
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Brettler, Marc Zvi.
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| Title & Author
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How to read the Bible /\ Marc Zvi Brettler.
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Philadelphia, PA :: Jewish Publication Society,, 2005.
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1 online resource (xiv, 384 pages) :: illustrations
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0827610017
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: 9780827610019
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082760775X
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9780827607750
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-360) and indexes.
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| Contents
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Reading 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.
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Annotation
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Annotation
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Bible. -- O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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General.
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Judaism.
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Philosophy Religion.
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RELIGION-- Biblical Criticism Interpretation-- Old Testament.
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RELIGION.
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Religion.
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Culturele aspecten.
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Oude Testament.
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Bible., Old Testament-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bibel, Altes Testament
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Bible., Old Testament.
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221.6/1
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BS1171.3.B74 2005eb
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11.43bcl
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11.43.bcl
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