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How to Read the Bible : A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now, Paperback by Kugel, James L., ISBN 0743235878, ISBN-13 9780743235877, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A reader's companion to the Bible draws on classic interpretations as well as modern scholarship to explain how the Bible may also be a metaphorical reflection of anthropological history.

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PublisherFree Press

ISBN-100743235878

ISBN-139780743235877

eBay Product ID (ePID)63896890

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Book TitleHow to Read the Bibles : a Guide to Scripture, Then and Now

Number of Pages848 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2008

TopicGeneral, Biblical Biography / Old Testament, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament, Biblical Studies / General

IllustratorYes

GenreReligion

AuthorJames L. Kugel

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Weight30.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

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Dewey Edition22

Reviews"To say that this would be the college course you never got to take about the Bible would be damning with faint praise; it would be the college course, the graduate seminar, and reading for comprehensive exams you never got around to, all in one. It may be the most popular book about these modern critics ever written; it's certainly one of the best popular books on the Bible in many years." -- Haaretz, "Who should we believe about the Bible--our Sunday-school teachers or our university professors? James Kugel cuts through this dilemma with a breathtaking new look at the world's most popular book...No writer on the Bible has wrestled so profoundly with the most basic, important questions raised by our conflicting knowledge and desires." --"The Best Books We Read in 2007," The A.V. Club, "Kugel has a fine ear for narrative, a lifelong scholar's discipline, and a wonder and confidence fed by his beliefs. His gathering up of a life's work gives readers a chance to brush up against genius, and perhaps examine those beliefs we claim for ourselves." --The Seattle Times, "Kugel has a fine ear for narrative, a lifelong scholar's discipline, and a wonder and confidence fed by his beliefs. His gathering up of a life's work gives readers a chance to brush up against genius, and perhaps examine those beliefs we claim for ourselves." --The Seattle Times, "Who should we believe about the Bible--our Sunday-school teachers or our university professors? James Kugel cuts through this dilemma with a breathtaking new look at the world's most popular book...No writer on the Bible has wrestled so profoundly with the most basic, important questions raised by our conflicting knowledge and desires." --"The Best Books We Read in 2007," The A.V. Club

Dewey Decimal221.6

Table Of ContentPreliminaries1. The Rise of Modern Biblical Scholarship 2. The Creation of the World -- and of Adam and Eve 3. Cain and Abel 4. The Great Flood 5. The Tower of Babel 6. The Call of Abraham 7. Two Models of God and the "God of Old" 8. The Trials of Abraham 9. Jacob and Esau 10. Jacob and the Angel 11. Dinah 12. Joseph and His Brothers 13. Moses in Egypt 14. The Exodus 15. A Covenant with God 16. The Ten Commandments 17. A Religion of Laws 18. Worship on the Road 19. P and D 20. On the Way to Canaan 21. Moses' Last Words 22. Joshua and the Conquest of Canaan 23. Judges and Chiefs 24. The Other Gods of Canaan 25. Samuel and Saul 26. The Psalms of David 27. David the King 28. Solomon's Wisdom 29. North and South 30. The Book of Isaiah(s) 31. Jeremiah 32. Ezekiel 33. Twelve Minor Prophets 34. Job and Postexilic Wisdom 35. Daniel the Interpreter 36. After Such Knowledge...Picture Credits A Note to the Reader Notes Subject Index Verses Cited

SynopsisAs 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 in its tenth year of publication, the book 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 na ve 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.", 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.", 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."