The Jewish Bible and the Christian Bible: An Introduction to the History of the Bible - Softcover

Trebolle Barrera, Julio C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9004108890 ISBN 13: 9789004108899

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 1997

Synopsis

This wide-ranging handbook presents an overview of our current knowledge on the history of the Bible. Divided into three parts, it shows how the collections of canonical and apocryphal books were formed, explains the transmission and translation of the Biblical texts and describes biblical interpretation in Judaism and Christianity. Incorporating the immense amount of information that has become available since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the author sets out to bridge the gaps between widely different areas and trends in the field of Biblical Studies: canonical and apocryphal literature, written and oral traditions, rabbinic and Christian exegesis and modern critical exegesis, and literal and allegorical interpretation, among others. Uniquely, Trebolle Barrera also looks at the Wirkungsgeschichte of the Bible in relation to the Greek and Roman world, the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. Scholars, students and interested lay persons alike will benefit from the wealth of general information found here as well as detailed discussion on many topics currently under debate, from the significance of Qumran to the influence of the Semitic and Greek world on Christianity.

About this title

About the Author:

Julio Trebolle Barrera is Professor of Hebrew and Aramaic and Director of the Institute of Religious Studies at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid. He is a member of the International Team of Editors of the Dead Sea Scrolls and has written and edited several books on the textual and literary criticism of the Bible and on contemporary biblical hermeneutics.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Spanish

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 9004108890
• ISBN 13: 9789004108899
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576