The historical books
By: Richard D. Nelson.
Series: Interpreting Biblical texts
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Nashville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Bible. O.T. Historical books -- Introductions.; Bible. O.T. Historical books -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Description: In The Historical Books, Richard D. Nelson introduces the basic concepts of history and historical writing and provides a framework of events and periods that can be used to situate historical data reported in texts or presupposed by them. Standard interpretive methods are explained and illustrated by reference to 2 Samuel 24.--From publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-186) and index.