The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies

Contents......Page 6
List of Contributors......Page 11
List of Abbreviations......Page 13
Preface......Page 18
Part I: On the Discipline......Page 20
 SECTION 1. HISTORY OF THE DISCIPLINE IN THE LAST SEVENTY YEARS......Page 22
  1. Old Testament......Page 24
  2. New Testament......Page 46
 SECTION 2. THE IMPACT OF OTHER DISCIPLINES UPON BIBLICAL SCHOLARSHIP......Page 70
  3. Archaeology......Page 72
  4. Ancient Near Eastern Studies: Mesopotamia......Page 93
  5. Ancient Near Eastern Studies: Egypt......Page 108
  6. Qumran Studies......Page 118
  7. Study of the Graeco-Roman World......Page 127
  8. Diaspora and Rabbinic Judaism......Page 139
Part II: Languages, Translation, and Textual Transmission of the Bible......Page 152
 9. Language and Translation of the Old Testament......Page 154
 10. Language, Translation, Versions, and Text of the Apocrypha......Page 178
 11. Language and Translation of the New Testament......Page 203
 12. Ancient Versions and Textual Transmission of the Old Testament......Page 230
 13. Textual Transmission and Versions of the New Testament......Page 256
Part III: Historical and Social Study of the Bible......Page 270
 SECTION 1. BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT......Page 272
  14. Introduction: General Problems of Studying the Text of the Bible in order to Reconstruct History and Social Background......Page 274
  15. Israel to the End of the Persian Period: History, Social, Political, and Economic Background......Page 287
  16. Israel from the Rise of Hellenism to 70 CE......Page 304
  17. The Life and Teaching of Jesus and the Rise of Christianity......Page 320
 SECTION 2. INSTITUTIONS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS......Page 336
  18. Priesthood, Temple(s), and Sacrifice......Page 338
  19. Law in the Old Testament......Page 370
  20. Scribes and Synagogues......Page 381
  21. Movements......Page 391
 SECTION 3. GENRES OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS......Page 402
  22. Prophecy......Page 404
  23. Apocalyptic......Page 416
  24. Wisdom......Page 428
  25. Novella......Page 439
  26. Gospels......Page 451
  27. Letters......Page 464
Part IV: The Composition of the Bible......Page 476
 28. The Growth of the Old Testament......Page 478
 29. The Growth of the Apocrypha......Page 508
 30. The Growth of the New Testament......Page 537
 31. Authors, Books, and Readers in the Ancient World......Page 563
Part V: Methods in Biblical Scholarship......Page 584
 32. Archaeology......Page 586
 33. Textual Criticism......Page 598
 34. Form, Source, and Redaction Criticism......Page 610
 35. Rhetorical and New Literary Criticism......Page 634
 36. Feminist Criticism and Related Aspects......Page 653
 37. Social, Political, and Ideological Criticism......Page 674
Part VI: The Interpretation of the Bible......Page 692
 38. Old Testament Theology......Page 694
 39. New Testament Theology......Page 717
 40. Biblical Theology......Page 735
 41. The Bible in Ethics......Page 751
 42. Jewish Interpretation of the Bible......Page 773
Part VII: The Authority of the Bible......Page 794
 43. Canon......Page 796
 44. Fundamentalism(s)......Page 829
 45. Historical Criticism and the Authority of the Bible......Page 860
 A......Page 879
 B......Page 880
 C......Page 882
 D......Page 883
 F......Page 884
 G......Page 885
 H......Page 886
 J......Page 888
 K......Page 889
 L......Page 890
 M......Page 891
 N......Page 892
 P......Page 893
 R......Page 895
 S......Page 896
 T......Page 898
 W......Page 899
 Z......Page 901
Index of References......Page 902