Explore a timely introduction to the formation of the Bible in its historical and modern contexts
In the newly revised Second Edition of A Contemporary Introduction to the Bible: Sacred Texts and Imperial Contexts, accomplished scholars and authors Colleen M. Conway and David M. Carr deliver a rigorous, accessible, and up-to-date introduction to the Bible. The textbook places the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and New Testament in the broader context of world history, with a special focus on the empires that influenced the Bible-s formation. Readers are introduced to the academic study of the Bible through a range of scholarly approaches.
Readers benefit from the inclusion of:
- A thorough introduction to the Bible in its ancient contexts, from the emergence of Israel-s earliest traditions to the writing and reshaping of the Bible amidst Assyrian Babylonian, Persian, Hellenistic and Roman empires.
- The most up-to-date work in the field, seamles
