The New English Bible has benefited not only from advances in the understanding of ancient language and discoveries of new manuscripts and methods, but also from the recent growth in knowledge of the social and political history of the biblical period and the development of new ways of evaluating prehistory. In Understanding the Old Testament the essentials of the background and context of the Old Testament and Apocrypha are set out as concisely as possible to enable the reader to understand the meaning and significance of much that can only be appreciated fully with the help of this background material. The geographical setting, the prehistory, the social and political history, as well as the nature of the ideas which grew in this context are all described. The literary point i=of view is on the Old Testament and Apocrypha presented in the companion volume, The Making of the Old Testament.
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Deals with the background of the Bible but focuses on the geographical setting, the pre-history, the social and political history as well as the story of the ideas which grew up out of this culture.
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The New English Bible is divided into three sections, the Old Testament, the Apocrypha and the New Testament. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old Testament, Dead Sea, Late Bronze Age, Asia Minor, Early Bronze Age, Tell Beit Mirsim, New English Bible, Near East, Sea Peoples New!
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The New English Bible is divided into three sections, the Old Testament, the Apocrypha and the New Testament. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old Testament, Dead Sea, Late Bronze Age, Asia Minor, Early Bronze Age, Tell Beit Mirsim, New English Bible, Near East, Sea Peoples New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Old Testament: An Introduction by Otto Eissfeldt in Front Matter
- From Genesis to Genetics: The Case of Evolution and Creationism by John A. Moore in Back Matter
- A History of Christian Theology: An Introduction by William C. Placher on page 30
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