In his new book, master Bible scholar and teacher Marc Brettler
argues that today's contemporary readers can only understand the
ancient Hebrew Scripture by knowing more about the culture that
produced it. And so Brettler unpacks the literary conventions,
ideological assumptions, and historical conditions that inform the
biblical text and demonstrates how modern critical scholarship and
archaeological discoveries shed light on this fascinating and
complex literature.
Brettler surveys representative biblical texts from different
genres to illustrate how modern can read these texts. He guides us
in reading the Bible as it was read in the biblical period,
independent of later religious norms and interpretive traditions.
Understanding the Bible this way lets us appreciate it as an
interesting text that speaks in multiple voices on profound
issues.
Although the emphasis of How to Read the Jewish Bible is on
showing contemporary Jews, as well as Christians, how they can
relate to the Bible in a more meaningful way, readers at any level
of religious faith can benefit greatly from this comprehensive but
remarkably clear guide to interpreting the Jewish Bible.
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