The Bible as Literature

This comprehensive and systematic text approaches the Bible from a literary/historical perspective and studies it as a body of writing produced by real people who intended to convey messages to real audiences. Avoiding assessments of the Bible''s truth or authority the authors maintain a rigorously objective tone as they discuss such major issues as the forms and strategies of biblical writing its actual historical and physical settings the process of canon formation the sources of the Pentateuch and the nature of such biblical genres as prophecy apocalypse and gospel. In this edition David Citino has joined the team of authors and the new edition includes a new chapter on Women in the Bible by contributor Nicola Denzey and a new appendix on modern approaches to the bible. The new edition also features new maps timelines expanded bibliographies and updated material throughout.