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the oxford handbook of B I B L I C A L S T U D I E S This page intentionally left blank the oxford handbook of ................................................................................................................................................... BIBLICAL STUDIES ................................................................................................................................................... Edited by J. W. ROGERSON and JUDITH M. LIEU 1 3 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxfordox26dp OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. 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Includesindex. ISBN-13:978-0-19-925425-5(alk.paper) ISBN-10:0-19-925425-7(alk.paper) 1.Bible–Criticism,interpretation,etc.I.Rogerson,J.W.(JohnWilliam),1935-II.Lieu,Judith. BS511.3.0942006 220.6–dc22 2005030685 TypesetbySPIPublisherServices,Pondicherry,India PrintedinGreatBritainonacid-freepaperbyBiddlesLtd.,King’sLynn ISBN0–19–925425–7 978–0–19–925425–5 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Contents .............................................. List of Contributors x List of Abbreviations xii Preface xvii Part I On the Discipline SECTION 1. HISTORY OF THE DISCIPLINE IN THE LAST SEVENTY YEARS 1. Old Testament 5 J.W.Rogerson 2. New Testament 27 RobertMorgan SECTION 2. THE IMPACT OF OTHER DISCIPLINES UPON BIBLICAL SCHOLARSHIP 3. Archaeology 53 JohnR.Bartlett 4. Ancient Near Eastern Studies: Mesopotamia 74 W.G. Lambert 5. Ancient Near Eastern Studies: Egypt 89 KennethKitchen 6. Qumran Studies 99 Philip Davies vi contents 7. Study of the Graeco-Roman World 108 Peter Richardson 8. Diaspora and Rabbinic Judaism 120 CatherineHezser Part II Languages, Translation, and Textual Transmission of the Bible 9. Language and Translation of the Old Testament 135 JohnElwolde 10. Language, Translation, Versions, and Text of the Apocrypha 159 MichaelA. Knibb 11. Language and Translation of the New Testament 184 StanleyE. Porter 12. Ancient Versions and Textual Transmission of the Old Testament 211 GerardJ.Norton 13. Textual Transmission and Versions of the New Testament 237 J.N. Birdsall Part III Historical and Social Study of the Bible SECTION 1. BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT 14. Introduction: General Problems of Studying the Text of the Bible in order to Reconstruct History and Social Background 255 Keith W.Whitelam 15. Israel to the End of the Persian Period: History, Social, Political, and Economic Background 268 J.W. Rogerson contents vii 16. Israel from the Rise of Hellenism to 70 ce 285 LesterL.Grabbe 17. The Life and Teaching of Jesus and the Rise of Christianity 301 CraigA. Evans SECTION 2. INSTITUTIONS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS 18. Priesthood, Temple(s), and Sacrifice 319 RobertHayward 19. Law in the Old Testament 351 GordonWenham 20. Scribes and Synagogues 362 LesterL.Grabbe 21. Movements 372 JudithM.Lieu SECTION 3. GENRES OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS 22. Prophecy 385 DeborahW.Rooke 23. Apocalyptic 397 Philip Davies 24. Wisdom 409 KatharineJ.Dell 25. Novella 420 ErichS. Gruen viii contents 26. Gospels 432 Richard A. Burridge 27. Letters 445 JudithM. Lieu Part IV The Composition of the Bible 28. The Growth of the Old Testament 459 ReinhardG. Kratz 29. The Growth of the Apocrypha 489 AlisonSalvesen 30. The Growth of the New Testament 518 JohnM.Court 31. Authors, Books, and Readers in the Ancient World 544 Alan Millard Part V Methods in Biblical Scholarship 32. Archaeology 567 JohnR.Bartlett 33. Textual Criticism 579 ArieVander Kooij 34. Form, Source, and Redaction Criticism 591 JohannesP.Floss 35. Rhetorical and New Literary Criticism 615 MargaretM.Mitchell 36. Feminist Criticism and Related Aspects 634 Marie-TheresWacker contents ix 37. Social, Political, and Ideological Criticism 655 ChristopherRowland Part VI The Interpretation of the Bible 38. Old Testament Theology 675 WalterBrueggemann 39. New Testament Theology 698 James D.G. Dunn 40. Biblical Theology 716 Bernd Janowski 41. The Bible in Ethics 732 ErylW.Davies 42. Jewish Interpretation of the Bible 754 JonathanMagonet Part VII The Authority of the Bible 43. Canon 777 Lee Martin McDonald 44. Fundamentalism(s) 810 Harriet A. Harris 45. Historical Criticism and the Authority of the Bible 841 J.W.Rogerson Index of Subjects and Names 860 Index of References 883
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