The Bible After Babel: Historical Criticism in a Postmodern Age

by John J. Collins

Book Overview

Biblical scholars today often sound as if they are caught in the aftermath of Babel - a clamor of voices unable to reach common agreement. Yet is this confusion necessarily a bad thing? Many postmodern critics see the recent profusion of critical approaches as a welcome opportunity for the emergence of diverse new techniques. In The Bible after Babel noted biblical scholar John J. Collins considers the effect of the postmodern situation on biblical,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802828922
• ISBN13: 9780802828927
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.3"