{"product_id":"the-bible-after-babel-historical-criticism-in-a-postmodern-age-9780802828927","title":"The Bible After Babel: Historical Criticism in a Postmodern Age","description":"Biblical scholars today often sound as if they are caught in the aftermath of Babel - a clamor of voices unable to reach common agreement. Yet is this confusion necessarily a bad thing? Many postmodern critics see the recent profusion of critical approaches as a welcome opportunity for the emergence of diverse new techniques. In The Bible after Babel noted biblical scholar John J. Collins considers the effect of the postmodern situation on biblical, primarily Old Testament, criticism over the last three decades. Engaging and even-handed, Collins examines the quest of historical criticism to objectively establish a text's basic meaning. Accepting that the Bible may no longer provide secure \"foundations\" for faith, Collins still highlights its ethical challenge to be concerned for \"the other\" - a challenge central both to Old Testament ethics and to the teaching of Jesus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John J. Collins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 5.86w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802828927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollins, John J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eJohn J. Collins \u003c\/b\u003eis Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale Divinity School. His many other books include \u003ci\u003eThe Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature, Early Judaism: A Comprehensive Overview, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Apocalyptic Literature.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40138397941875,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":26.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_379ae1c7-3a9e-4390-a761-529927ebeb84.jpg?v=1654348532","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-bible-after-babel-historical-criticism-in-a-postmodern-age-9780802828927","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}