An edition of The Bible in history (2000)

The Bible in history

how writers create a past

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An edition of The Bible in history (2000)

The Bible in history

how writers create a past

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Pimlico
Language
English
Pages
412

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Table of Contents

Part One: How Stories Talk About the Past
History and origins: the changing text
Confusing stories with historical evidence
How the Bible talks about the past
Myths of origins
Part Two: How Historians Create a Past
Beginnings
A Mediterranean economy
Palestine's many peoples
Under the shadow of empires
Historians create history
Part Three: The Bible's Place in History
The Bible's social and historical worlds
The Bible's literary world
The Bible's theoretical world I: how God began
The Bible's theological world II: the myths of the sons of God
The Bible's theological world III: Israel as God's son
The Bible's intellectual world.

Edition Notes

Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
809.93522
Library of Congress
BS500 .T88 2000

The Physical Object

Pagination
xix, 412 pages
Number of pages
412

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28380646M
Internet Archive
bibleinhistoryho0000thom
ISBN 10
0712667482
ISBN 13
9780712667487
OCLC/WorldCat
59565912

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