| The New Cambridge History of the Bible: Volume 1, from the Beginnings to 600 Contributor(s): Carleton Paget, James (Editor), Schaper, Joachim (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521859387 ISBN-13: 9780521859387 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $262.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Biography - General - Religion | Biblical Studies - New Testament - General |
| Dewey: 220.9 |
| LCCN: 2012002200 |
| Series: New Cambridge History of the Bible |
| Physical Information: 2.2" H x 6.4" W x 9.1" (3.85 lbs) 1006 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Recent years have witnessed significant discoveries of texts and artefacts relevant to the study of the Old and New Testaments and remarkable shifts in scholarly methods of study. The present volume mirrors the increasing specialization of Old Testament studies, including the Hebrew and Greek Bibles, and reflects rich research activity that has unfolded over the last four decades in Pentateuch theory, Septuagint scholarship, Qumran studies and early Jewish exegesis of biblical texts. The second half of the volume discusses the period running from the New Testament to 600, including chapters on the Coptic, Syriac and Latin bibles, the 'Gnostic' use of the scriptures, pagan engagement with the Bible, the use of the Bible in Christian councils and in popular and non-literary culture. A fascinating in-depth account of the reception of the Bible in the earliest period of its history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schaper, Joachim: - Joachim Schaper is professor in Hebrew, Old Testament and Early Jewish Studies at the University of Aberdeen. He is the author of Eschatology in the Greek Psalter (1995), Priester und Leviten im achämenidischen Juda (2000), Wie der Hirsch lechzt nach frischem Wasser (2004) and editor of Die Textualisierung der Religion (2009).Carleton Paget, James: - James Carleton Paget is senior lecturer in New Testament at the University of Cambridge and Fellow and Tutor at Peterhouse College. He is the author of The Epistle of Barnabas (1994) and of Jews, Christians and Jewish Christians in Antiquity (2010). |