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Whose Bible Is It Anyway?

  • Paperback
  • 150 pages
  • Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 0.9 cm

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The Bible, argues this book, may belong to the Church or synagogue as an instrument of religious practice. But as the object of academic study it belongs to the world as a whole. Confessional biblical studies belong to a discipline better termed 'scripture', with 'biblical studies' designating a discipline that imposes no religious conditions and includes any form of rational discourse about the bible. A basic requirement of this discipline is to speak not of 'the Bible' but of 'bibles'. A number of exegetical studies suggest how a genuinely academic discourse about biblical writings, distancing itself from received canons of interpretation, can expose a subtext of deceit within the creation narratives, reconceptualize the relationship of Abraham and his deity, reveal lament psalms as texts of oppression, and identify the death of Daniel's God. In new chapters for this second edition, Davies evaluates how the film Monty Python's Life of Brian contributes to ""life of Jesus"" research. Here is a challenge to conventional biblical scholarship and a bid to define and establish a genuine academic discipline of biblical studies.
Whose Bible Is It Anyway? and The Historian and the Bible: Essays in Honour of Lester L. Grabbe
The Historian and the Bible: Essays in Honour of Lester L. GrabbeWhose Bible Is It Anyway?
  • Author

    Philip R. Davies

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Continnuum-3PL

  • Published

    August 2009

  • Edition

    3rd

  • Weight

    237g

  • Page Count

    150

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 0.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9780567438850

  • ISBN-10

    0567438856

  • Eden Code

    2660997

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