Getting the Old Testament :

Bridge, Steven L.

Getting the Old Testament : what it meant to them, what it means for us / Steven L. Bridge. - Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, c2009. - xx, 227 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-218) and index.

The first creation story : is it true? -- The second creation story : internal contradictions? -- The great flood : revising history -- The Abraham narratives : Middle East implications -- The Torah : beyond the Ten Commandments -- The prophets : God's spokespersons -- The book of Jonah : prophecy parodied -- The book of Daniel : prophecy of the end -- The book of Proverbs : conventional wisdom -- The book of Ecclesiastes : unconventional wisdom I -- The book of Job : unconventional wisdom II.

9781598560459 (pbk. alk. paper) 159856045X (alk. paper)

2008055377

GBA949946 bnb

015261721 Uk


Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

BS1171.3 / .B745 2009

221.6