Getting the Old Testament :
Bridge, Steven L.
Getting the Old Testament : what it meant to them, what it means for us / Steven L. Bridge. - Gand Rapids, MI. : Baker Academic, c2009. - xx, 227 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-218) and index.
The first creation story : is it true? -- The second creation story : internal contradictions? -- The great flood : revising history -- The Abraham narratives : Middle East implications -- The Torah : beyond the Ten Commandments -- The prophets : God's spokespersons -- The book of Jonah : prophecy parodied -- The book of Daniel : prophecy of the end -- The book of Proverbs : conventional wisdom -- The book of Ecclesiastes : unconventional wisdom I -- The book of Job : unconventional wisdom II.
9781598560459 (alk. paper) 159856045X (alk. paper)
2008055377
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BS1171.3 / .B745 2011
221.6
Getting the Old Testament : what it meant to them, what it means for us / Steven L. Bridge. - Gand Rapids, MI. : Baker Academic, c2009. - xx, 227 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-218) and index.
The first creation story : is it true? -- The second creation story : internal contradictions? -- The great flood : revising history -- The Abraham narratives : Middle East implications -- The Torah : beyond the Ten Commandments -- The prophets : God's spokespersons -- The book of Jonah : prophecy parodied -- The book of Daniel : prophecy of the end -- The book of Proverbs : conventional wisdom -- The book of Ecclesiastes : unconventional wisdom I -- The book of Job : unconventional wisdom II.
9781598560459 (alk. paper) 159856045X (alk. paper)
2008055377
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BS1171.3 / .B745 2011
221.6