The Bible As Literature

Anthony D. (Professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature, Professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature, University of Cincinnati (Emeritus)) York, Charles B. Wheeler, David (Professor of English, Professor of English, Ohio State University) Citino, John B. (Professor, Department of English, Professor, Department of English, Ohio State University (Emeritus)) Gabel

Oxford University Press Inc, 2005

Approaching the Bible from a literary/historical perspective, this work discusses such issues as the forms and strategies of biblical writing, its actual historical and physical settings, the process of canon formation, the sources of the Pentateuch, and the nature of such biblical genres as prophecy, apocalypse, and gospel.

ISBN-13

9780195179071

ISBN-10

0195179072

Publisher

Oxford University Press Inc

Year

2005

Publication date

2005-12-01

Pages

416

Dimensions

233x158x23

Weight

630