History and Ideology in the Old Testament: Biblical Studies at the End of a Millennium

✍ Scribed by James Barr

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 209
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Focusing on the Old Testament and the history of Israel, this book brings together aspects of controversy about the Bible at the end of the millennium. Author James Barr examines the nature of biblical narrative, asking whether the Bible expresses actual historical events or the ideological and religious aspirations of writers in much later times.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
......Page 1
Front page......Page 4
Contents......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 11
1. The Bible, History, and Apologetics......Page 12
2. The New Profile of Discussion about the Bible......Page 27
3. Biblical Criticism......Page 43
4. The History of Israel......Page 70
5. Ideology......Page 113
6. Postmodernism......Page 152
7. Postmodernism and Theology......Page 174
8. Conclusion......Page 190
Bibliography......Page 192
Index......Page 204