The Hebrew Bible : new insights and scholarship /
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| Imprint: | New York : New York University Press, c2008. |
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| Description: | xiii, 231 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Jewish studies in the 21st century |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6856420 |
Table of Contents:
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Part I. The Bible and History
- 1. Israel Without the Bible
- 2. Bible, Archaeology, and the Social Sciences: The Next Generation
- Part II. New Approaches to the Bible
- 3. Literary Approaches to Biblical Literature: General Observations and a Case Study of Genesis 34
- 4. Feminist Approaches to the Hebrew Bible
- Part III. Ancient Practice
- 5. The Laws of Biblical Israel
- 6. The Study of Ritual in the Hebrew Bible
- Part IV. Judaism and the Bible
- 7. By the Letter?/Word for Word? Scripture in the Jewish Tradition
- 8. From Judaism to Biblical Religion and Back Again
- 9. Jewish Biblical Theology
- Epilogue: Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom: Some Reflections on Reading and Studying the Hebrew Bible
- About the Contributors
- Index
- Index of Biblical Passages