The Oxford History of the Biblical World

De: Michael D. Coogan - editor

Narrado por: Scott R. Pollak

Duración: 26 h y 24 m

Resumen del Editor

In this impressive volume, leading scholars offer compelling glimpses into the biblical world, the world in which prophets, poets, sages, and historians created one of our most important texts—the Bible.

For more than a century, archaeologists have been unearthing the tombs, temples, texts, and artifacts of the ancient Near East and the Mediterranean world. Using new approaches, contemporary scholars have begun to synthesize this material with the biblical traditions. The Oxford History of the Biblical World incorporates the best of this scholarship, and in chronologically ordered chapters presents the listener with an integrated study of the history, art, architecture, languages, literatures, and religion of biblical Israel and early Judaism and Christianity in their larger cultural contexts. The authors also examine such issues as the roles of women, the tensions between urban and rural settings, royal and kinship social structures, and official and popular religions of the region.

Understanding the biblical world is a vital part of understanding the Bible. Broad, authoritative, and engaging, The Oxford History of the Biblical World will illuminate for any listener the ancient world from which the Bible emerged.

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Great content but also repetitive

Solid critical examination of the cultures surrounding and influencing events in the Bible.
They could have had some sort of system of planning so the different writers didn’t cover the same topics at length. On the other hand, hearing the same events described again helps memorization and sometimes new perspectives broaden understanding.