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008 960514s1997 cauab b 001 0 eng
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020 _a9780072965483
020 _a0072965487 (alk. paper)
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_beng
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050 0 0 _aBS475.2
_bH32 1997
082 _a220.6
_bHAR
100 1 _aHarris, Stephen L.,
_d1937-
_99906
245 1 0 _aUnderstanding the Bible /
_cStephen L. Harris.
250 _a7th ed.
260 _aNew York. :
_bMcGraw-Hill.,
_c2007.
300 _axvii, 533p. :
_bill. (col.), maps ;
_c23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 541-545) and index.
505 _a--The Bible : an overview --The process of formation: how the Bible was transmitted, canonized, and Translated --The Ancient Near East: The environment that produced the Bible --The God of Israel: an evolving portrait --The Torah: Five Books of Divine teaching --The Prophets (Nevi'im) I: the story of Israel from the promised land to Exile ----The prophets (Nevi'im) II: Individual spokespersons of God --The writings (Kethuvim): Books of poetry, wisdom, short fiction, Apocalyptic visions, and Sacred History --Books of the second Canon: The Apocrypha --Between the Two Testaments: Greek Culture and the growth of multiple Judaisms --Books of the New testament: an overview --The Gospels: Four portraits of Jesus --The continuing Quest for the Historical Jesus --An Account of Christian Origins and the Pauline Letters --General Epistles and a a vision of the End Time --Interpreting the Judeo-Christian Bible in a changed world
630 0 0 _aBible
_vIntroductions.
_925997
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aHarris, Stephen L., 1937-
_tUnderstanding the Bible.
_b4th ed.
_dMountain View, Calif. : Mayfield Pub., ℗♭1997
_w(OCoLC)763799147.
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_cBK
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