The Hebrew Bible: New Insights and Scholarship (Jewish Studies in the Twenty-First Century edited by Frederick E. Greenspahn), is a wide ranging look at the various contemporary lenses where in scholars interpret the bible. The collection includes the controversy between ‘minimalist’ and ‘maximalist’ scholars of the bible, how archaeology supports (or fails to support) biblical narrative, and the documentary hypothesis, and what that tells us about the power structures of those who compiled the bible, feminism and its ramifications for biblical research, and more. Whether you are familiar with these topics and are just catching up to a rapidly developing field, or brand new to academic biblical studies, this is a handy read.
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