b| GBSG c| GBSG j| GBSG

a| 978-1-4051-6737-6 c| paperback

a| (BeLVLBS)007714202LBS01-Aleph

a| LOC-2009041255

a| (OCoLC)ocn455419907

a| (EXLNZ-32KUL_LIBIS_NETWORK)9977142020101471

a| An introduction to the Bible b| sacred texts and imperial contexts.

a| Chichester b| John Wiley and Sons, c| 2010.

a| XXII, 383 p. b| ill.

a| text 2| rdacontent

a| unmediated 2| rdamedia

a| volume 2| rdacarrier

t| Prologue: Orientation to multiple bibles and multiple translations -- Studying the Bible in its ancient context(s) -- The emergence of ancient Israel and its first oral traditions -- Echoes of empire in monarchal Israel -- Narrative and prophecy amidst the rise and fall of the Northern Kingdom -- Torah and other texts written in the wake of the Assyrian Empire -- Bible for exiles : promise and story in the neo-Babylonian Empire -- Persian Empire and the emergence of a temple-centered Jewish community -- Hellenistic empires and the formation of the Hebrew Bible -- Studying the New Testament in its ancient context -- Paul and his Letters in the Roman colonial context -- Mark's story of Jesus in the midst of Roman retribution -- The Gospel of Matthew : defining community in the wake of destruction -- Negotiating the empire in Luke-Acts -- The Gospel of John and the Johannine Epistles : turning inward as a strategy for life in the empire -- Variations on responses to empire in other New Testament writings -- Epilogue: The final formation of the Jewish and Christian bibles.

a| Biblia v| Introductions.

a| Biblia x| History.

a| Biblia x| History of contemporary events.

a| Carr, David M.. 4| aut

a| Conway, Colleen M.. 4| aut

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