Introduction to the Bible (The Open Yale Courses Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (882 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300181795 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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A history of how and why the Bible was edited Harald Groven I read this book after watching the 17 hours of professor Hayes' lectures at Yale Open Courses. Normally I would get bored by watching 24 (Youtube) lectures, but these were so interesting that I also wanted to read the book."Introduction to the Bible" covers the development of the religion 1300 BCE - 300 BCE from polytheism to monotheism to the post-exilic prophets. The emphasis on revealing the agenda of the authors of the Bible . Four Stars Comprehensive. Follows Yale Old Testament course This excellent book follows the marvelous Yale free online course in the Hebrew Bible. I started viewing the lectures, then discovered the book, and have now raced ahead to the end of the book leaving a few lectures to view. The book and lectures present a widely accepted scholarly approach to the Hebrew Bible found in analogous courses at numerous other colleges. This approach sees the Bible as the work of many minds, with differ
She is the author of Between the Babylonian and Palestinian Talmuds, Gentile Impurities and Jewish Identities, and The Emergence of Judaism. She lives in Hamden, CT. and Patricia Ross Weis Professor of Religious Studies, Yale University. About the AuthorChristine Hayes is Robert F.
In probing chapters devoted to each of the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament, Hayes reconstructs the meanings and messages of each book and encourages a deeper appreciation of the historical and cultural settings of ancient biblical literature.. Professor Christine Hayes guides her readers through the complexities of this polyphonous literature that has served as a foundational pillar of Western civilization, underscoring the variety and even disparities among the voices that speak in the biblical texts. Biblical authors wrote in many contexts and responded to a sweeping range of crises and questions concerning issues that were political, economic, historical, cultural, philosophical, religious, and moral. This book examines the small library of 24 books common to all Jewish and Christian Bibles—books that preserve the efforts of diverse writers over a span of many centuries to make sense of their personal experiences and those of their people, the ancient Israelites
and Patricia Ross Weis Professor of Religious Studies, Yale University. Christine Hayes is Robert F. She is the author of Between the Babylonian and Palestinian Talmuds, Gentile Impurities and Jewish Identities, and The Emergence of Judaism. . She lives in Hamden, CT