How to Read the Jewish Bible

by Marc Zvi Brettler

Book Overview

In his new book, master Bible scholar and teacher Marc Brettler argues that today's contemporary readers can only understand the ancient Hebrew Scripture by knowing more about the culture that produced it. And so Brettler unpacks the literary conventions, ideological assumptions, and historical conditions that inform the biblical text and demonstrates how modern critical scholarship and archaeological discoveries shed light on this fascinating and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195325222
• ISBN13: 9780195325225
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"