How did a Jewish Bible become THE BIBLE?
Have you ever wondered who "wrote" the Bible? With a healthy balance of criticism and respect for the subject, Dr. Isbell takes us on a journey through time to see how the Jewish Bible became "The Bible". It is common to speak of the Bible as "inspired"; a group of mysterious documents; miraculously handed down from heaven, absolutely perfect in form; every word, every letter, carrying specifically divine significance, but it was just well edited. This book is an excellent choice for a Bible history or Bible as literature undergraduate course text. The research is academically strong, but not overburdensome in detail.
Writing in ancient societies performed quite a different function from its modern usage. We must constantly remember that writing for the ancients was preservative rather than creative. The Bible preserves such debate and differences of opinion. Dr. Isbell is the Professor of Biblical and Hebrew Studies at Louisiana State University and author of several books relating to Old Testament studies. This is one of our most popular titles and belongs on every Bible scholar's shelf. The goal of this work GOD'S SCRIBES is to solve important questions like Who WROTE the Bible? This book explores how we answer that question, and what it means when we do! Click HERE to read sample chapters from this work! Dr. Charles D. Isbell is currently a professor in the department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he teaches Hebrew and Judaic Studies. He earned the A.B. and M.A. in Classics and Religion at Bethany College, the B.D. at Nazarene Theological Seminary, the Ph.D. in Bible and ANE languages at Brandeis University, and has studied abroad in Israel, Germany and Jordan. He is the author of five other books and dozens of articles in scholarly journals.
MPM 3:
God's Scribes: How the Bible Became the Bible
by Dr. Charles David Isbell
ISBN 0-9677201-3-3
$31.00 Paperback
Writing in ancient societies performed quite a different function from its modern usage. We must constantly remember that writing for the ancients was preservative rather than creative. The Bible preserves such debate and differences of opinion. Dr. Isbell is the Professor of Biblical and Hebrew Studies at Louisiana State University and author of several books relating to Old Testament studies. This is one of our most popular titles and belongs on every Bible scholar's shelf. The goal of this work GOD'S SCRIBES is to solve important questions like Who WROTE the Bible? This book explores how we answer that question, and what it means when we do! Click HERE to read sample chapters from this work! Dr. Charles D. Isbell is currently a professor in the department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he teaches Hebrew and Judaic Studies. He earned the A.B. and M.A. in Classics and Religion at Bethany College, the B.D. at Nazarene Theological Seminary, the Ph.D. in Bible and ANE languages at Brandeis University, and has studied abroad in Israel, Germany and Jordan. He is the author of five other books and dozens of articles in scholarly journals.
MPM 3:
God's Scribes: How the Bible Became the Bible
by Dr. Charles David Isbell
ISBN 0-9677201-3-3
$31.00 Paperback
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