
The New Cambridge History of the Bible: Volume 1, From the Beginnings to 600
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The New Cambridge History of the Bible: Volume 1, From the Beginnings to 600
About this book
Recent years have witnessed significant discoveries of texts and artefacts relevant to the study of the Old and New Testaments and remarkable shifts in scholarly methods of study. The present volume mirrors the increasing specialization of Old Testament studies, including the Hebrew and Greek Bibles, and reflects rich research activity that has unfolded over the last four decades in Pentateuch theory, Septuagint scholarship, Qumran studies and early Jewish exegesis of biblical texts. The second half of the volume discusses the period running from the New Testament to 600, including chapters on the Coptic, Syriac and Latin bibles, the 'Gnostic' use of the scriptures, pagan engagement with the Bible, the use of the Bible in Christian councils and in popular and non-literary culture. A fascinating in-depth account of the reception of the Bible in the earliest period of its history.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Abbreviations of books of the Bible
- Table of Psalm numbering
- Part I Languages, writing systems and book production
- Part II The Hebrew Bible and Old Testaments
- Part III The New Testament
- Part IV Biblical versions other than the Hebrew and the Greek
- Part V The Reception of the Bible in the Post-New Testament Period
- Select bibliography
- Index of manuscripts
- Index of scriptural and related sources
- General index