ABSTRACT
The Biblical World is a comprehensive guide to the contents, historical settings and social context of the Bible. It presents the fruits of years of specialist study in an accessible form, and is essential reading for anyone who reads the Bible and would like to know more about how and why it came to be.
Written by an international collection of experts, the volumes include a full overview of the full range of biblical material, before going on to more detailed discussions of myth and prophecy to poetry and proverbs.
Explorations of the historical background are complemented by the findings of archaeology, and the book explores language, law, administration, social life and the arts as well. Major figures of the Bible - including Abraham, Jesus and Paul - are studied in detail, as are the main religious concepts it contains, such as salvation and purity.
Also including an examination of how the Bible is viewed today, this monumental work will be an invaluable resource for students, academics and clergy, and for all to whom the Bible is important as a religious or cultural document.
Volume 1:
Introduction John Barton.
The Bible
1. The Old Testament/Hebrew Bible Rex Mason
2. The Apocrypha Adele Reinhartz
3. The New Testament Christopher Tuckett
Genres
4. Near Eastern Myths and Legends Stephanie Dalley
5. Historiography in the Old Testament Andrew Mayes
6. Prophecy Greame Auld
7. Wisdom Katharine Dell
8. Apocalypticism Christopher Rowland
9. The Jewish Novel Lawrence Wills
10. The Gospels John Muddiman
11. Letters in the New Testament and in the Greco-Roman World Harry Gamble
Documents
12. Text and Versions: the Old Testament Carmel McCarthy
13. Text and Versions: the New Testament David Parker
14. The Dead Sea Scrolls George Brooke
15. Hebrew Inscriptions Graham Davies
16. The Cairo Genizah Stefan Reif
17. Gnostic Gospels Alastair Logan
18. Early Biblical Interpretation (Jewish) Alison Salvesen
19. Early Biblical Interpretation (Christian) Mark Edwards
History
20. Biblical Archaeology Felicity Cobbing
21. Palestine in the Bronze Age J. Maxwell Miller
22. Palestine in the Iron Age Keith Whitelam
23. The Age of the Exile Joseph Blenkinsopp
24. Israel under Persia and Greece Lester Grabbe
25. Judea under Roman Rule 63-135 CE Sarah Pearce
26.Israel's Neighbours Bustenay Oded
Volume 2:
Institutions
27. The Hebrew and Aramic Languages John Huehnergard & Jo Ann Hackett
28. The Greek Language John Muddiman
29. Warfare Thomas Bolin
30. The Arts Susan Gillingham
31. Law and Administration in the New Testament World J. Duncan Derrett
32. Religion in the Pre-exilic Israel Rainer Albertz
33. Religion in Israel during and after the exile Rainer Albertz
34. Judaism at the Turn of the Era Jarl Fossum
35. The First Churches: Social Life Justin Megitt
36. The First Churches: Religious Practice Justin Megitt
Biblical Figures
37. Israel's Ancestors: The Patriarchs and Matriarchs George Ramsey
38. Moses John Van Seters
39. David and Solomon Gwilym Jones
40. Jesus Robert Morgan
41. Paul David Horrell
Religious Ideas
42. Salvation in Jewish Thought Dan Cohn-Sherbok
43. Salvation in Christian Thought Andrew Chester
44. Interpretations of the Identity and Role of Jesus Catrin Williams
45. Death and Afterlife John J.Collins
46. Purity Gordon Wenham
The Bible Today
47. Jewish Biblical Translations Leonard Greenspoon
48. Christian Biblical Translations Henry Wansbrough
49. Modern Biblical Interpretation William Telford
