History and Ideology in the Old Testament
Biblical Studies at the End of a Millennium
The Hensley Henson Lectures for 1997 delivered to the University of Oxford
ISBN13: 9780199280537ISBN10: 0199280533
Paperback,
206 pages
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Mar 2005,
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$55.00 (06)Description
Focusing on the Old Testament and the history of Israel, this book brings together aspects of controversy about the Bible at the end of the millennium. Author James Barr examines the nature of biblical narrative, asking whether the Bible expresses actual historical events or the ideological and religious aspirations of writers in much later times.About the Author(s)
James Barr, Emeritus Regius Professor of Hebrew, Oxford University, and Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Hebrew Bible, Vanderbilt University
