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The Bible is the most important cultural and religious document in the Western world. The three monotheistic faiths-Judaism, Christianity, and Islam-have all grown out of the traditions that we find in the Old Testament, or Hebrew Bible. The Bible th...

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Abiding Astonishment
Psalms, Modernity, and the Making of History

By Walter Brueggemann

Focusing on Psalms 78, 105, 106, and 136, Walter Brueggemann considers these psalms on their own terms and then takes up two issues that move in opposite interpretive directions: the Psalms in relation to the historical writing of modernity and the P...

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An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
A Thematic Approach

By Karla G. Bohmbach, Sandra L. Gravett, F. V. Greifenhagen, Donald C. Polaski

This pedagogically astute introduction to the Hebrew Bible is designed specifically for undergraduates. It begins with the most basic questions: from where and when did the Hebrew Bible originate, how was it written, and how did people read it? In fo...

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And God Created Laughter
The Bible as Divine Comedy

By Conrad Hyers

Recognizing "a playful spirit" as part of our human makeup, Conrad Hyers shows how laughter and humor are integral to our serious study of the Bible. With the darker realities of the Bible--sin, suffering, and death--there exists a lighter side--laug...

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The Bible in Politics, Second Edition
How to Read the Bible Politically

By Richard Bauckham

This second edition of Bauckham's wonderful work is essential reading for understanding the relationship between the Bible and politics. The enduring value of The Bible in Politics is that it teaches the reader how to read the Bible politically and t...

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Literary Forms in the New Testament
A Handbook

By James L. Bailey, Lyle D. Vander Broek

In this useful and accessible book, James Bailey and Lyle Vander Broek discuss the literary and rhetorical forms found in the New Testament. The authors offer definitions and examples of these forms while also helping the reader appreciate the signif...

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The New Testament in Its Literary Environment

By David E. Aune

This volume in the Library of Early Christianity examines the literary techniques that were common during the development of the New Testament, and how these techniques influenced Scripture.The Library of Early Christianity is a series of eight outst...

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Reading Esther
A Case for the Literary Carnivalesque

By Kenneth Craig

In this original interpretation of the book of Esther, Kenneth Craig offers to interpreters a new way of reading this story. According to Craig, Esther has been undervalued and misunderstood because its true genre, the literary carnivalesque, has not...

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Religion and Literature
A Reader

By Robert Detweiler, David Jasper

Religious experience and reflection have always engendered poetry and literature, prompting the imagination and moving beyond speculative thought. In this anthology, the editors address the common origins and various stages in the development of reli...

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Taking the Bible Seriously
Honest Differences about Biblical Interpretation

By J. Benton White

In this book, J. Benton White surveys the many Protestant approaches to the Bible and then focuses on the issues raised by modernist and fundamentalists in the twentieth century. He gives special attention to the Protestants' struggle with the questi...

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