Foster Biblical Scholarship

Scholars in the trenches describe the far-reaching changes that have taken place in 20th-century biblical scholarship and discuss the disciplines'' prospects for the 21st century. The field is not in a period of crisis as many say they argue but in a period of profound change. The title is from the Society''s mission statement. Among the topics are conditions that foster biblical scholarship politics and biblical scholarship in the US biblical studies during the 21st century as a republic of many voices pedagogical reflection on the Society in the undergraduate classroom Rome and the early church as background for the persecution of Christians in the first and second centuries and an ecological reading of Genesis 10:15-20 in context. Annotation 2011 Book News Inc. Portland OR (booknews)