The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies

Biblical studies is a highly technical and diverse field. This authoritative and state-of-the-art survey of original research will therefore be invaluable to scholars and students who need to command linguistic, historical, literary, and philosophical skills. Forty-five original contributions by leading figures in the discipline review and analyze current thinking and work and give critical examinations of the progress and direction of debates.

J. W. Rogerson is Emeritus Professor of Biblical Studies, University of Sheffield. Judith M.Lieu is Professor of New Testament Studies, King's College London.

List of Contributors

x

List of Abbreviations

xii

Preface

xvii

Part I On the Discipline

Section 1. History of the Discipline in the Last Seventy Years

Old Testament

5

(22)

J. W. Rogerson

New Testament

27

(26)

Robert Morgan

Section 2. The Impact of Other Disciplines Upon Biblical SCHOLARSHIP

Archaeology

53

(21)

John R. Bartlett

Ancient Near Eastern Studies: Mesopotamia

74

(15)

W. G. Lambert

Ancient Near Eastern Studies: Egypt

89

(10)

Kenneth Kitchen

Qumran Studies

99

(9)

Philip Davies

Study of the Graeco-Roman World

108

(12)

Peter Richardson

Diaspora and Rabbinic Judaism

120

(15)

Catherine Hezser

Part II Languages, Translation, and Textual Transmission of the Bible

Language and Translation of the Old Testament

135

(24)

John Elwolde

Language, Translation, Versions, and Text of the Apocrypha

159

(25)

Michael A. Knibb

Language and Translation of the New Testament

184

(27)

Stanley E. Porter

Ancient Versions and Textual Transmission of the Old Testament

211

(26)

Gerard J. Norton

Textual Transmission and Versions of the New Testament

237

(18)

J. N. Birdsall

Part III Historical and Social Study of the Bible

Section 1. Background and Context

Introduction: General Problems of Studying the Text of the Bible in order to Reconstruct History and Social Background

255

(13)

Keith W. Whitelam

Israel to the End of the Persian Period: History, Social, Political, and Economic Background

268

(17)

J. W. Rogerson

Israel from the Rise of Hellenism to 70 CE

285

(16)

Lester L. Grabbe

The Life and Teaching of Jesus and the Rise of Christianity

301

(18)

Craig A. Evans

Section 2. Institutions of the Old and New Testaments

Priesthood, Temple(s), and Sacrifice

319

(32)

Robert Hayward

Law in the Old Testament

351

(11)

Gordon Wenham

Scribes and Synagogues

362

(10)

Lester L. Grabbe

Movements

372

(13)

Judith M. Lieu

Section 3. Genres of the Old and New Testaments

Prophecy

385

(12)

Deborah W. Rooke

Apocalyptic

397

(12)

Philip Davies

Wisdom

409

(11)

Katharine J. Dell

Novella

420

(12)

Erich S. Gruen

Gospels

432

(13)

Richard A. Burridge

Letters

445

(14)

Judith M. Lieu

Part IV The Composition of the Bible

The Growth of the Old Testament

459

(30)

Reinhard G. Kratz

The Growth of the Apocrypha

489

(29)

Alison Salvesen

The Growth of the New Testament

518

(26)

John M. Court

Authors, Books, and Readers in the Ancient World

544

(23)

Alan Millard

Part V Methods in Biblical Scholarship

Archaeology

567

(12)

John R. Bartlett

Textual Criticism

579

(12)

Arie Van der Kooij

Form, Source, and Redaction Criticism

591

(24)

Johannes P. Floss

Rhetorical and New Literary Criticism

615

(19)

Margaret M. Mitchell

Feminist Criticism and Related Aspects

634

(21)

Marie-Theres Wacker

Social, Political, and Ideological Criticism

655

(20)

Christopher Rowland

Part VI The Interpretation of the Bible

Old Testament Theology

675

(23)

Walter Brueggemann

New Testament Theology

698

(18)

James D. G. Dunn

Biblical Theology

716

(16)

Bernd Janowski

The Bible in Ethics

732

(22)

Eryl W. Davies

Jewish Interpretation of the Bible

754

(23)

Jonathan Magonet

Part VII The Authority of the Bible

Canon

777

(33)

Lee Martin McDonald

Fundamentalism(s)

810

(31)

Harriet A. Harris

Historical Criticism and the Authority of the Bible

841

(19)

J. W. Rogerson

Index of Subjects and Names

860

(23)

Index of References

883

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