Publication

2020 - Westminster John Knox Press

Language

English

Word Count

75,000 words, Guess

Page Count

300 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780664265977
  • ISBN-100664265979
  • Library of Congress Control Number2020016925
  • OCLC Control Number1150807801
  • Better World Books9780664265977
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCBS465.C65 2020
  • LCCBS465 .C65 2020

Description

Ancient Jewish and Christian Scriptures examines the writings included in and excluded from the Jewish and Christian canons of Scripture and explores the social settings in which some of this literature was viewed as authoritative and some was viewed either as uninspired or as heretical. John J. Collins, Craig A. Evans, and Lee Martin McDonald examine how those noncanonical writings demonstrate the historical, literary, and religious aspects of the culture that gave rise to the writings. They also show how literature excluded from the Jewish and Christian canons of Scripture remains valuable today for understanding the questions and conflicts that early Jewish and Christian faith communities faced. Through this discussion, contemporary readers acquire a broader understanding of biblical Scripture and of Jewish and Christian faith inspired by Scripture.

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