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The Bible in history : how writers create a past / Thomas L. Thompson

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Jonathan Cape ; ©1999Description: xix,412 pages : maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780712667487
Subject(s): Summary: Professor Thomas suggests that we misunderstand the Bible if we read it as history, which he considers a modern concept completely incompatible with the world-view of antiquity. He shows we have to regard the Bible as a body of literature reflecting the philosophical and moral views of its authors
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Professor Thomas suggests that we misunderstand the Bible if we read it as history, which he considers a modern concept completely incompatible with the world-view of antiquity. He shows we have to regard the Bible as a body of literature reflecting the philosophical and moral views of its authors

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