A complete introduction to the Bible
By: Christopher Gilbert.
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Mahwah, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780809145522
Subjects: Bible -- Introductions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The  Bible as literature and as history; title: A brief history of biblical interpretation; title: The Jewish Scriptures; title: Prehistory : creation and ancestral legends; title: The Exodus tradition; title: Conquest and monarchy; title: The Prophets; title: Songs and Wisdom literature; title: Postexilic writings; title: Late second temple Judaism; title: The Christian Scriptures; title: Jesus of Nazareth; title: The Gospels; title: Acts of the Apostles; title: The Pauline Epistles; title: Epistles and Revelation.