How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, Then and NowSimon and Schuster, 01 մյս, 2012 թ. - 848 էջ James Kugel’s essential introduction and companion to the Bible combines modern scholarship with the wisdom of ancient interpreters for the entire Hebrew Bible. As soon as it appeared, How to Read the Bible was recognized as a masterwork, “awesome, thrilling” (The New York Times), “wonderfully interesting, extremely well presented” (The Washington Post), and “a tour de force...a stunning narrative” (Publishers Weekly). Now, this classic remains the clearest, most inviting and readable guide to the Hebrew Bible around—and a profound meditation on the effect that modern biblical scholarship has had on traditional belief. Moving chapter by chapter, Harvard professor James Kugel covers the Bible’s most significant stories—the Creation of the world, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah and the flood, Abraham and Sarah, Jacob and his wives, Moses and the exodus, David’s mighty kingdom, plus the writings of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and the other prophets, and on to the Babylonian conquest and the eventual return to Zion. Throughout, Kugel contrasts the way modern scholars understand these events with the way Christians and Jews have traditionally understood them. The latter is not, Kugel shows, a naïve reading; rather, it is the product of a school of sophisticated interpreters who flourished toward the end of the biblical period. These highly ideological readers sought to put their own spin on texts that had been around for centuries, utterly transforming them in the process. Their interpretations became what the Bible meant for centuries and centuries—until modern scholarship came along. The question that this book ultimately asks is: What now? As one reviewer wrote, Kugel’s answer provides “a contemporary model of how to read Sacred Scripture amidst the oppositional pulls of modern scholarship and tradition.” |
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... 217 15. A Covenant with God 233 16. The Ten Commandments 250 17. A Religion of Laws 260 18. Worship on the Road 280 19. P and D 296 20. On the Way to Canaan 317 21. Moses' Last Words 335 22. Joshua and the Conquest of Canaan 364 23. Judges.
... 217 15. A Covenant with God 233 16. The Ten Commandments 250 17. A Religion of Laws 260 18. Worship on the Road 280 19. P and D 296 20. On the Way to Canaan 317 21. Moses' Last Words 335 22. Joshua and the Conquest of Canaan 364 23. Judges.
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... Canaan 364 23. Judges and Chiefs 386 24. The Other Gods of Canaan 417 25. Samuel and Saul 436 26. The Psalms of David 458 27. David the King 474 28. Solomon's Wisdom 493 29. North and South 519 30. The Book of Isaiah(s) 538 31. Jeremiah ...
... Canaan 364 23. Judges and Chiefs 386 24. The Other Gods of Canaan 417 25. Samuel and Saul 436 26. The Psalms of David 458 27. David the King 474 28. Solomon's Wisdom 493 29. North and South 519 30. The Book of Isaiah(s) 538 31. Jeremiah ...
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... Canaan; the conquest of that land is narrated in the book of Joshua. Other books—Judges, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, and Ezra-Nehemiah—tell the story of Israel's subsequent history: the rise of Israel's mighty empire under David, and its ...
... Canaan; the conquest of that land is narrated in the book of Joshua. Other books—Judges, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, and Ezra-Nehemiah—tell the story of Israel's subsequent history: the rise of Israel's mighty empire under David, and its ...
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... Canaan. And why should Gen. 22:14 contain the parenthetical observation, “as it is said today, 'On the mountain of the LORD He [or it] will be seen' ”? The sense is not altogether clear, but to ibn Ezra this reference seemed to suggest ...
... Canaan. And why should Gen. 22:14 contain the parenthetical observation, “as it is said today, 'On the mountain of the LORD He [or it] will be seen' ”? The sense is not altogether clear, but to ibn Ezra this reference seemed to suggest ...
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... Canaan,” Noah says of his grandson, “let him be the lowest of slaves to his brothers”—but these words apply not to Canaan, the young boy standing before him, but to the whole future Canaanite nation. So similarly, Balaam addresses “the ...
... Canaan,” Noah says of his grandson, “let him be the lowest of slaves to his brothers”—but these words apply not to Canaan, the young boy standing before him, but to the whole future Canaanite nation. So similarly, Balaam addresses “the ...
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The Call of Abraham | 89 |
Two Models of God and the God of Old | 107 |
The Trials of Abraham | 119 |
Jacob and Esau | 133 |
Judges and Chiefs | 386 |
The Other Gods of Canaan | 417 |
Samuel and Saul | 436 |
The Psalms of David | 458 |
David the King | 474 |
Solomons Wisdom | 493 |
North and South | 519 |
The Book of Isaiahs | 538 |
Jacob and the Angel | 152 |
Dinah | 163 |
Joseph and His Brothers | 176 |
Moses in Egypt | 198 |
The Exodus | 217 |
A Covenant with God | 233 |
The Ten Commandments | 250 |
A Religion of Laws | 260 |
Worship on the Road | 280 |
P and D | 296 |
On the Way to Canaan | 317 |
Moses Last Words | 335 |
Joshua and the Conquest of Canaan | 364 |
Jeremiah | 569 |
Ezekiel | 598 |
Twelve Minor Prophets | 617 |
Job and Postexilic Wisdom | 635 |
Daniel the Interpreter | 644 |
After Such Knowledge | 662 |
Picture Credits | 691 |
A Note to the Reader | 692 |
Notes | 693 |
Subject Index | 773 |
Verses Cited | 809 |
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