num_pages: 590
description: This text is designed to teach students how to read the Hebrew Bible and how to go about mining the Biblical text for literary historical and thematic meaning. This book is accompanied by a CD-ROM that includes the entire text of the Bible the entire text of the book and an interactive Study Guide. The author demonstrates how a knowledge of ancient culture religion and history is essential for correctly interpreting Biblical texts. While history archaeology and extra-biblical documents are heavily utilized they are presented only as they apply directly to specific Biblical texts. The book actively applies recent literary rhetorical and structural studies that shed light on art design coherence characterization theme and other literary features of the Hebrew Bible.
language: English
title: Reading the Old Testament: An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
publisher: Wadsworth Publishing