Reading And Understanding The Bible

This comprehensive introduction guides students through how to read and understand the Bible in the context of the ancient world that produced it. The text explains how ancient societies worked, how documents were created, who preserved them and why, the patriarchal nature of all ancientcultures, and, most importantly, how these cultural characteristics ought to affect our reading of the Bible.

• | Author: Ben Witherington (Iii)
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 07, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 304 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0199340579
• | ISBN-13: 9780199340576