Studying the Bible: The Tanakh and Early Christian Writings

by Gregory Eiselein - Author / Anna Goins - Author / Naomi J. Wood

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Studying the Bible: The Tanakh and Early Christian Writings is a university-level, textbook introduction to the study of the Bible, its literary forms, and historical and cultural contexts. This textbook is a companion to the Bible courses taught in the English Department at Kansas State University, in particular ENGL 470 The Bible, though it is available for use in other courses and contexts. This textbook examines the Hebrew Bible (also known as the Tanakh) and the early Christian writings of the New Testament. It is an introduction to the analysis of biblical texts, their histories, and their interpretations. The emphasis throughout this textbook is on the literary qualities of these biblical texts as well as their cultural and historical contexts.

Description from Open Textbook Library.

Publisher
New Prairie Press
Year
2019
Subjects
Humanities - Religion
Licence
Attribution-NonCommercial, as Open Textbook Library states it. Non-commercial use only.
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects