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9780310285090

Bible among the Myths : Unique Revelation or Just Ancient Literature?

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  • ISBN13:

    9780310285090

  • ISBN10:

    0310285097

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-08-01
  • Publisher: Zondervan
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Summary

The Bible Among the Myths is a sometimes controversial, always engaging corrective to a growing rejection in Western society of the revelation found within the Old Testament regarding a transcendent God who breaks into time and space and reveals himself in and through human activity.

Author Biography

Dr. John N. Oswalt (PhD, Brandies University) is research professor of Old Testament at Wesley Biblical Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi. He is the author of numerous articles and several books, including the two-volume commentary on Isaiah in the New International Commentary on the Old Testament series and Called to be Holy: A Biblical Perspective.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. 9
Introductionp. 11
The Bible and Myth
The Bible in Its Worldp. 21
The Bible and Myth: A Problem of Definitionp. 29
Continuity: The Basis of Mythical Thinkingp. 47
Transcendence: Basis of Biblical Thinkingp. 63
The Bible versus Mythp. 85
The Bible and History
The Bible and History: A Problem of Definitionp. 111
Is the Bible Truly Historical? The Problem of History(1)p. 138
Does It Matter Whether the Bible Is Historical? The Problem of History (2)p. 152
Origins of the Biblical Worldview: Alternativesp. 171
Conclusionsp. 185
Subject Indexp. 195
Author Indexp. 203
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