Is the Bible Fact Or Fiction?: An Introduction to Biblical HistoriographyPaulist Press, 2004 - 176 pagina's Even considering such questions alerts the modern reader to the limitations of ancient history, as well as to the great distance of time, culture, and language, between the biblical writer and the current reader. IS THE BIBLE FACT OR FICTION? invites the reader to look at the "historical books" of the Bible, not from the standpoint of what actually happened, but to understand the type of history the biblical authors were actually writing. Organ wrote this book out of frustration with uncritical reading of various genres of biblical texts. She felt that the "historical books"--such as Acts of the Apostles and the Old Testament chapters of Maccabees, and Joshua though Kings--are most susceptible of being read in a naive and literal way. Most readers fail to take into account modern expectations of historical accuracy vs. the preconceptions of the ancient writers. Her book focuses on the style, creativity, and individuality of the biblical writers/historians and the richness of their work and examines their accounts through the lens of modern scholarship. |
Inhoudsopgave
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DIFFERENCES OF OPINION ONE CONFERENCE Two REPORTS | 10 |
DIFFERENT PURPOSES GALATIANS AND ACTS IN CONTEXT | 23 |
WHAT HORSE? PAULS CONVERSION IN ACTS | 36 |
LIGHT AND BLINDNESS PAULS CONVERSION IN His SPEECHES | 52 |
THE BOOKS OF MACCABEES IN CONTEXT | 66 |
WHAT LED TO THE MACCABEAN REVOLT? Two DIFFERENT VIEWS | 79 |
POLITICS AND PIETY | 97 |
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Is the Bible Fact or Fiction?: An Introduction to Biblical Historiography Organ, Barbara E. Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2004 |
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Ananias ancestors ancient historians Annals Antiochus apostles Asa of Judah assessment Barnabas began to reign believers Bible Biblical Archaeology Biblical Archaeology Review Book of Joshua Book of Judges books of Kings books of Maccabees brothers century B.C.E. Chapter Christian chronological church circumcision conquest context covenant Damascus David Deuteronomistic History disciples dynasty Empire formula Fortress Press Galatians Gentiles God's gospel Greek happened Hasideans Hasmoneans Heliodorus Hellenistic hellenization high priest historiography history writing holy included Israel Israelites James Jeroboam Jesus Jewish Jews Josiah Judaism Judas Maccabeus Judea Kings of Israel kings of Judah land leaders LORD Luke Luke's Macc Mattathias monarchy Moses narrated narrative northern kingdom numbers observance Paul Paul's conversion Paul's letters perspective Peter political prophets reconstruction refer Rehoboam religious Roman Samaria Saul scholars Seleucid sent sight Solomon's speech story Testament theology Torah tradition tribes vision worship Yahweh
Verwijzingen naar dit boek
Philosophy and Practice in Writing a History of Ancient Israel Megan Bishop Moore Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2006 |