How to Read the Bible: History, Prophecy, Literature--Why Modern Readers Need to Know the Difference and What It Means for Faith Today
McKenzie argues that to comprehend the Bible one must recognize the genres to which these texts belong. The book of Jonah, for example, offers many clues that it is meant as a humorous satire, not a straight-faced historical account of a man swallowed by a fish, he says.
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- ISBN: 978-0-19-516149-6
- EAN: 9780195161496
- Produktnummer: 1437466
- Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Masse: H24.0 cm x B16.4 cm x D2.4 cm 477 g
- Gewicht: 477
Über den Autor
Steven McKenzie is Professor of Hebrew Bible at Rhodes College, in Memphis, Tennessee. A renowned scholar of the Bible, his previous books include King David: A Biography and To Each Its Own Meaning: An Introduction to Biblical Criticisms and Their Application.
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