Bible Without Theology

The Theological Tradition and Alternatives to It

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

Av Robert A. Oden

309 kr

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In this thought-provoking volume, Robert A. Oden Jr. advocates stripping away the theological and historiographic biases that underlie modern biblical scholarship in order to arrive at a nontheological historical reading of the Bible. Oden calls into question a scholarly tradition that accepts biblical writers' views of themselves and their neighbors at face value and reproduces a view of Israelite religion as divinely guided and inherently superior.  Using cross-cultural and interdisciplinary methodology, Oden investigates three biblical issues--the clothing of Adam and Eve, Jacob's name change to Israel, and ritual prostitution and Deuteronomy--in light of extra-biblical evidence. He also challenges scholars' assumptions of Scripture as monotheistic and proposes treating biblical narrative as myth rather than as historical fact.

Produktinformation

  • Utgivningsdatum1999-12-01
  • Mått152 x 229 x 15 mm
  • Vikt227 g
  • FormatHäftad
  • SpråkEngelska
  • Antal sidor208
  • FörlagUniversity of Illinois Press
  • ISBN9780252068706