A reader's companion to the Bible draws on classic interpretations as well as modern scholarship to explain how the Bible may also be a metaphorical reflection of anthropological history.
Victorian Poets and the Changing Bible charts the impact of post-Enlightenment biblical criticism on English literary culture. --from publisher description.
Describes the changes in the organization, technique and purpose of Bible studies in northwestern Europe from the Carolingian Renaissance to about 1300. This was the period when the emergence of Aristotelian thought inspired medieval scholars to take a fresh look at the Scriptur…
Despite innumerable studies from at least the time of the Reformation, it was not until little more than a century ago that one hypothesis concerning the origin of the Pentateuch, the so-called 'Documentary Theory' formulated by Julius Wellhausen, established itself as the point…
The "one-stop" reference for authors preparing manuscripts in biblical studies and related fields.
Stressing the historical and theological significance of pivotal figures and movements, William Baird guides the reader through intriguing developments and critical interpretation of the New Testament from its beginnings in Deism through the watershed of the Tubingen school. Fam…