{"product_id":"how-to-read-the-bible-9780827607750","title":"How to Read the Bible","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaster Bible scholar and teacher Marc Brettler argues that today's contemporary readers can only understand the ancient Hebrew Scripture by knowing more about the culture that produced it. And so Brettler unpacks the literary conventions, ideological assumptions, and historical conditions that inform the biblical text and demonstrates how modern critical scholarship and archaeological discoveries shed light on this fascinating and complex literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrettler surveys representative biblical texts from different genres to illustrate how modern scholars have taught us to \"read\" these texts. Using the \"historical-critical method\" long popular in academia, he guides us in reading the Bible as it was read in the biblical period, independent of later religious norms and interpretive traditions. Understanding the Bible this way lets us appreciate it as an interesting text that speaks in multiple voices on profound issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is the first \"Jewishly sensitive\" introduction to the historical-critical method. Unlike other introductory texts, the Bible that this book speaks about is the Jewish one--with the three-part TANAKH arrangement, the sequence of books found in modern printed Hebrew editions, and the chapter and verse enumerations used in most modern Jewish versions of the Bible. In an afterword, the author discusses how the historical-critical method can help contemporary Jews relate to the Bible as a religious text in a more meaningful way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarc Zvi Brettler, PhD is the author of \u003cem\u003eHow to Read the Bible\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marc Zvi Brettler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.30w x 1.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780827607750\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/10\/2005 pg. 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2005 pg. 136","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40219066925171,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b1d5e219-c70c-437a-b649-06123eb5122b.jpg?v=1656595728","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/how-to-read-the-bible-9780827607750","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}