The Making of the Old Testament (Cambridge Bible Commentaries on the Old Testament) (Volume 0) - Softcover

Mellor, Enid B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521096731 ISBN 13: 9780521096737

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1972

Synopsis

The Making of the Old Testament is one of three books accompanying the volumes of commentary in the Old Testament and Apocrypha series of Cambridge Bible Commentaries on the New English Bible. This volume is concerned with the formation of the books of the Old Testament and Apocrypha in the context of the ancient Near Eastern World, and with the ways in which these books have come down to us through the Jewish and Christian communities. Individual chapters discuss other literary documents contemporary with events in the Old Testament; the style of and critical approaches to the Old Testament books; other Jewish writing (Apocrypha and pseudepigrapha); the development of the Old Testament canon; the development of the modern English text from the various earlier versions; and the place of the Old Testament in modern Judaism and Christianity. Each of the chapters is followed by suggestions for further reading.

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Book Description

The Making of the Old Testament is one of three books accompanying the volumes of commentary in the Old Testament and Apocrypha series of Cambridge Bible Commentaries on the New English Bible.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521096731
• ISBN 13: 9780521096737
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 228