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The Bible's many voices /

The most common English translations of the Bible often sound like a single, somewhat archaic voice. In fact, the Bible is made up of many separate books composed by multiple writers in a wide range of styles and perspectives. It is, as Michael Carasik demonstrates, not a remote text reserved for ch...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Carasik, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The most common English translations of the Bible often sound like a single, somewhat archaic voice. In fact, the Bible is made up of many separate books composed by multiple writers in a wide range of styles and perspectives. It is, as Michael Carasik demonstrates, not a remote text reserved for churches and synagogues but rather a human document full of history, poetry, politics, theology, and spirituality. Using historic, linguistic, anthropological, and theological sources, Carasik helps us distinguish between the Jewish Bible's voices-the mythic, the histori.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781461957966
1461957966
9780827611610
0827611617
9780827611344
082761134X