How to Read the Jewish Bible

In his new book, master Bible scholar and teacher Marc Brettler argues that today's contemporary readers can...
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Author: Marc Zvi Brettler
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How to Read the Jewish Bible by Brettler, Marc Zvi

How to Read the Jewish Bible

$75.13

How to Read the Jewish Bible

$75.13
Author: Marc Zvi Brettler
Format: Paperback
Language: English
In his new book, master Bible scholar and teacher Marc Brettler argues that today's contemporary readers can only understand the ancient Hebrew Scripture by knowing more about the culture that produced it. And so Brettler unpacks the literary conventions, ideological assumptions, and historical conditions that inform the biblical text and demonstrates how modern critical scholarship and archaeological discoveries shed light on this fascinating and complex literature.
Brettler surveys representative biblical texts from different genres to illustrate how modern can read these texts. He guides us in reading the Bible as it was read in the biblical period, independent of later religious norms and interpretive traditions. Understanding the Bible this way lets us appreciate it as an interesting text that speaks in multiple voices on profound issues.
Although the emphasis of How to Read the Jewish Bible is on showing contemporary Jews, as well as Christians, how they can relate to the Bible in a more meaningful way, readers at any level of religious faith can benefit greatly from this comprehensive but remarkably clear guide to interpreting the Jewish Bible.


Author: Marc Zvi Brettler
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 05/01/2007
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780195325225

About the Author

Marc Brettler is Dora Golding Professor of Biblical Literature and chair of the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University. His main areas of research are religious metaphors and the Bible, biblical historical texts, and women and the Bible. He is the author of several
books and co-editor of The Jewish Study Bible.



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