The BibleThis study focuses on the Bible as a landmark of literature, showing both how it has influenced writers through the ages and how it in turn has been influenced by contemporary literature. It describes what is known about the historical context of the documents, the changes of interpretation they have undergone over the centuries, and the problems and influence of various translations, ranging from Tyndale to the Good News Bible. |
Contents
The contents of the Bible | 18 |
ఓఓ | 43 |
Promise threat and fulfilment | 50 |
Sacrifice and expiation | 58 |
The Kingdom of God and the Messiah | 66 |
A comparison of spirits | 74 |
Interpretation of the Bible | 80 |
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Common terms and phrases
Abraham allegorical ancient Near East apocalyptic Aramaic Authorized Version Babylon Babylonian Bible's biblical criticism biblical interpretation century chapter Christ Church claim Corinthians covenant creation cultural David Dead Sea Scrolls death Deuteronomistic History early Christian Egypt English Epistles exile Exodus Ezekiel Ezra flesh Genesis Geneva Bible gentiles give God's Gospel Greek Hebrew Bible hermeneutics holy human imagery includes Israel Israelite Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews John Joshua Judah judgement kingdom kingdom of Israel Kings language later Latin Leviticus literal literary literature Lord Lowth Luke Matthew meaning ment Messiah modern monarchy Moses narrative Old Testament original Palestine parallel passages Paul Paul's Pentateuch perhaps period prophecies prophets Psalms readers reference religion religious Revelation Revised Standard Version Romans sacrifice Samuel scholars scripture seems sense Septuagint Sinai Solomon Spirit story Targums Temple tion tradition translation typological vision Vulgate whole wisdom word writing written Yahweh Yahwistic
References to this book
Reading Genesis in the Long Eighteenth Century: From Milton to Mary Shelley Ana M. Acosta Limited preview - 2006 |