How to read the Bible
By: Marc Zvi Brettler.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: Bible. O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Reading as a Jew and as a scholar; title: What is the Bible, anyway?; title: The art of reading the Bible; title: A brief history of Israel; title: With scissors and paste : the sources of Genesis; title: Creation vs. creationism : Genesis 1-3 as myth; title: The ancestors as heroes; title: Biblical law : codes and collections; title: Incense is offensive to me : the cult in ancient Israel; title: In the fortieth year; title: Moses addressed the Israelites : reading Deuteronomy; title: And the walls came tumbling down : reading Joshua; title: May my lord King David live forever : royal ideology in Samuel and Judges; title: For the Israel tore away from the house of David : reading Kings; title: Revisionist history : reading Chronicles; title: Introduction to prophecy; title: Let justice well up like water : reading Amos; title: They shall beat their swords into plowshares : reading (first) Isaiah; title: I will make this house like Shiloh : reading Jeremiah; title: I will be for them a mini-temple : reading Ezekiel; title: Comfort, oh comfort my people : the exile and beyond; title: Those that sleep in the dust; title: will awake : Zechariah, apocalyptic literature, and Daniel; title: Prayer of many hearts : reading Psalms; title: Acquire wisdom : reading Proverbs and Ecclesiastes; title: Being but dust and ashes : reading Job; title: Drink deep of love! : reading Song of Songs; title: Why are you so kind; title: when I am a foreigner? : reading Ruth vs. Esther; title: The creation of the Bible.