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The making of the bible : from the first fragments to sacred scripture / Konrad Schmid and Jens Schröter ; translated by Peter Lewis.

Schmid, Konrad, 1965- (author.). Schröter, Jens, 1961- (author.). Lewis, Peter, 1958- (translator.).

Summary:

"The Bible is full of ancient texts long predating the assembly of Judaism's and Christianity's sacred books. Why these texts, and how were they transformed on the journey from folk tale to holy writ? Konrad Schmid and Jens Schröter unearth the history, in the process overturning assumptions about the relationship between the Old and New Testaments"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780674248380
ISBN: 0674248384
Physical Description: 440 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021.
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

General Note:	First published in German as Die Entstehung der Bibel: Von den ersten Texten zu den heiligen Schriften by Konrad Schmid and Jens Schröter, © Verlag C. H. Beck oHG, München 2019. Translated from the German.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-414) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: From early fragments to sacred scripture -- The Jewish and Christian bibles -- Written culture and literary production in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah -- Emerging Judaism and biblical texts of the Babylonian and Persian periods -- Texts and the use of scripture in Judaism of the Hellenistic and Roman periods -- The texts of ancient Judaism in early Christianity -- The formation of the Christian Bible and the emergence of other literature in the Christian tradition -- The making of the Jewish Bible and the creation of the Mishnah and the Talmud -- The impact of the Jewish and Christian bibles.