| The Cambridge Companion to the Bible Updated Edition Contributor(s): Chilton, Bruce (Editor), Kee, Howard Clark (Editor), Levine, Amy-Jill (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521691400 ISBN-13: 9780521691406 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2007 Annotation: In this second edition, chapters have been updated and thoroughly revised, with a view towards better investigating the social histories embedded in the biblical texts and incorporating the most recent archaeological discoveries from the Ancient Near East and Hellenistic worlds. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General - Religion | Biblical Studies - Exegesis & Hermeneutics |
| Dewey: 220.9 |
| Physical Information: 1.6" H x 8" W x 9.9" (3.30 lbs) 740 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Academic - Theometrics - Mainline - Theometrics - Evangelical |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Cambridge Companion to the Bible, Second Edition focuses on the ever-changing social and cultural contexts in which the biblical authors and their original readers lived. The authors of the first edition were chosen for their internationally recognized expertise in their respective fields: the history and literature of Israel; postbiblical Judaism; biblical archaeology; and the origins and early literature of Christianity. In this second edition, all of their chapters have been updated and thoroughly revised, with a view towards better investigating the social histories embedded in the biblical texts and incorporating the most recent archaeological discoveries from the Ancient Near East and Hellenistic worlds. |
Contributor Bio(s): Chilton, Bruce: - Bruce D. Chilton is Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Religion at Bard College. His most recent books include Rabbi Jesus: An Intimate Biography (2000), Redeeming Time: The Wisdom of Ancient Jewish and Christian Festal Calendars (2002), Rabbi Paul: An Intellectual Biography (2004), and Mary Magdalene: A Biography (2005). |