Stephen Harris

Exploring the Bible

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Produktbeschreibung

Designed for the introductory Biblical studies course, this text surveys both the Old and New Testaments. This book takes a clear and honest presentation of the passages in the Bible from the legacy of Genesis to the book of Revelation. Narratives include Jesus's life and teachings and the promises of heaven and a new earth as they are outlined in the book of Revelation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 203mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 885g
• ISBN-13: 9780078038402
• ISBN-10: 0078038405
• Artikelnr.: 37040073

Autorenporträt

Stephen L. Harris is Professor Emeritus of Humanities and Religious Studies at California State University, Sacramento, where he served ten years as department chair. A Woodrow Wilson Fellow, he received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Cornell University. A member of the Society of Biblical Literature, his publications include Understanding the Bible (8th edition, 2011); The Old Testament: An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (with Robert Platzner); Classical Mythology: Images and Insights (with Gloria Platzner); Exploring the Bible; and Fire Mountains of the West: The Cascade and Mono Lake Volcanoes, a survey of volcanic hazards on the U.S. Pacific Coast; and for National Geographic Books, Restless Earth, a study of global earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. He contributed the chapter on Archaeology and Volcanism to the Encyclopedia of Volcanoes (Academic Press, 2000).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface v
Part One An Introduction to the Bible and the Biblical World
Chapter 1 The Bible: An Overview
Chapter 2 How the Bible Was Created: Transmission, Canonization, and
Translation
Chapter 3 The Ancient Near East: The Environment That Produced the Bible
Part Two The Torah (Divine Instruction)
Chapter 4 The Five Books of Torah (the Pentateuch): Themes and Theories
Chapter 5 In the Beginning: The Book of Genesis
Chapter 6 Freedom and Responsibility: The Book of Exodus
Chapter 7 Law, Holiness, and Rebellion: The Books of Leviticus and Numbers
Chapter 8 A New Vision of Moses' Teaching: The Book of Deuteronomy
Part Three The Prophets I
Chapter 9 The Story of Ancient Israel: How the Promised Land Was Gained and
Lost
Chapter 10 Faith and War: The Book of Joshua
Chapter 11 Yahweh's Warriors: The Book of Judges
Chapter 12 The Rise of David and the Birth of a Kingdom: The Books of 1 and
2 Samuel
Chapter 13 From the Glory of Solomon to Exile in Babylon: The Books of 1
and 2 Kings
Part Four The Prophets II
Chapter 14Israel's Spokespersons for God
Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah,
Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah,
Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile-Israel's Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai,
Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah
Part Five The Writings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel's Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of
Psalms
Chapter 23Israel's Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and
Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs,
Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel's History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God's Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees
and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the ApocryphaPart Six The New
Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek
Culture, and the Cult of Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and
the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus' Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship
to the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for "All Nations": The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus' Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at
Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians,
Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic
Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
Glossary
Index