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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Biblical World 2021 Edition by Katharine J. Dell
The Biblical World is a comprehensive guide to the contents, historical settings, and social context of the Bible. This new edition is updated with several new chapters as well as a new section on biblical interpretation. Contributions from leading scholars in the field present wide-ranging views not just of biblical materials and their literary and linguistic context, but also of the social institutions, history and archaeology, and religious concepts. New chapters cover topics such as the priesthood and festivals, creation and covenant, ethics, and family life, while a new section on biblical interpretation discusses Jewish and Christian bible translation and key thematic emphases, and modern reader-response and cultural approaches. This revised edition of The Biblical World offers an up-to-date and thorough survey of the Bible and its world, and will continue to be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament and their history and interpretation, as well as anyone working on the societies, religions, and political and cultural institutions that created and influenced these texts. Table of Contents : IntroductionKatharine J. DellPart I: The Bible1: The Old Testament/Hebrew BibleEryl W. Davies2: The Apocrypha and PseudepigraphaAdele Reinhartz3: The Dead Sea ScrollsGeorge J. Brooke4: The New TestamentMary Marshall5: Early Christian ApocryphaAndrew GregoryPart II: The canon6: LawSandra Jacobs7: HistoriographyAnselm C. Hagedorn8: ProphecyJanet E. Tollington9: WisdomKatharine J. Dell10: ApocalypticismChristopher Rowland11: The Jewish and Hellenistic novelLaurence M. Wills12: The Gospels and ActsKylie Crabbe13: Letters in the new Testament and in the Greco-Roman worldHarry Gamble and Matthew V. NovensonPart III: Documents14: Cuneiform myths and epics in the Ancient Near EastFrances Reynolds15: The Hebrew and Aramaic languagesJohn Huebnergard and Jo Ann Hackett16: The Greek languageCourtney J. P. Friesen17: Text and versions: the Old TestamentMarieke Dhont18: Text and versions: the New TestamentDavid C. Parker19: Hebrew inscriptionsGraham Davies20: The Cairo GenizahBenjamin Outhwaite21: Greek and Roman inscriptions: Jewish inscriptionsJames K. Aitken 22: Christian inscriptions in a (post-)biblical worldJoseph VerheydenPart IV: History23: Biblical archaeologyFelicity J. Cobbing24: Palestine during the Bronze AgeRobert S. Homsher and Melissa S. Cradic25: Palestine during the Iron AgeJames E. Harding26: Israel's ancestors: the patriarchs and matriarchsJ. Cheryl Exum27: Israel at the time of the united monarchy: David and SolomonBenjamin J. M. Johnson28: Exile, migration, and diaspora after the fall of Jerusalem in the sixth century BCEJill Middlemas29: Israel under Persia and GreeceLester Grabbe30: Judaea under Roman rule: 63 BCE-135 CESarah Pearce31: Israel's neighboursJonathan StoeklPart V: Institutions32: Religion in Israel: pre-exile and in exileC. A. Strine33: WarfareThomas M. Bolin34: Priesthood and festivalsDeborah Rooke35: The Arts: representational (architecture, artefacts), performative (music, drama), literary (poetry, psalmody)Susan Gillingham36: Family and everyday lifeArthur J. Keefer37: Judaism at the turn of the eraLutz Doering38: The first churches: social lifeJustin J. Meggitt39: The first churches: religious practicesJustin J. Meggitt40: Creation and covenantPhilip Johnston41: Salvation in Jewish thoughtNorman Solomon42: Salvation in Christian thoughtPaul Foster43: EthicsC. L. Crouch and Tarah L. Van der Wiele44: New Testament christology: interpretations of the identity and role of JesusCatrin H. Williams45: Interpretations of the identity and role of PaulDavid G. Horrell46: Death and afterlifeJohn J. Collins47: Purity and sacrificeNathan MacDonaldPart VI: Biblical interpretation past and present48: Jewish Bible translationsIsaac Kalimi49: Jewish Biblical interpretationAlison Salvesen50: Christian Bible translationPeter J. Williams51: Early Christian biblical interpretationMark Edwards52: Modern biblical interpretationWilliam R. Telford53: Reader-response criticism and recent readersBrittany N. Melton and Heath A. Thomas54: The Bible in contemporary culture and societyHugh Pyper