History and Ideology in the Old Testament
Biblical Studies at the End of a Millennium
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2005
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-928053-7 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-928053-7 (ISBN)
Professor Barr has brought together aspects of controversy about the Bible at the end of the millennium with an emphasis on the Old Testament and the history of Israel. The central question is how far the Bible gives us a vision into a real world of the past and how far it expresses a world imagined for religious reasons by writes who lived many centuries later.
The end of the millennium sees biblical study in a state of transition. The traditional position of historical approaches is widely questioned and `historical criticism' is regarded as passé. There is a search for approaches - literary or sociological - that are less tied to history. On the other hand there is a more radical approach to the history of Israel, that sees true history as distinct from the biblical narrative and dependent on sources other than the Bible. Biblical narratives thus express not the actual events but the ideological and religious aspirations of writers in much later times. `Ideology' has become one of the key words, but is used in very divergent ways. All this is linked with the intellectual movement known as post-modernism. Some connections between post-modernism and theology are suggested by Professor Barr in the final chapter. This book is important because it tries to bring together various threads of these different movements and to state a position from which we may advance into the new millennium.
The end of the millennium sees biblical study in a state of transition. The traditional position of historical approaches is widely questioned and `historical criticism' is regarded as passé. There is a search for approaches - literary or sociological - that are less tied to history. On the other hand there is a more radical approach to the history of Israel, that sees true history as distinct from the biblical narrative and dependent on sources other than the Bible. Biblical narratives thus express not the actual events but the ideological and religious aspirations of writers in much later times. `Ideology' has become one of the key words, but is used in very divergent ways. All this is linked with the intellectual movement known as post-modernism. Some connections between post-modernism and theology are suggested by Professor Barr in the final chapter. This book is important because it tries to bring together various threads of these different movements and to state a position from which we may advance into the new millennium.
James Barr is Emeritus Regius Professor of Hebrew, Oxford University and Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Hebrew Bible, Vanderbilt University.
1. The Bible, History, and Apologetics ; 2. The New Profile of Discussion about the Bible ; 3. Biblical Criticism ; 4. History of Israel ; 5. Ideology ; 6. Postmodernism ; 7. Postmodernism and Theology ; 8. Conclusion
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.3.2005 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 215 mm |
| Gewicht | 298 g |
| Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-928053-3 / 0199280533 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-928053-7 / 9780199280537 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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