The Bible Without Theology : The Theological Tradition and Alternatives to It
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
025206870X
ISBN-13
9780252068706
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Imprint
University of Illinois Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 1st, 1999
Print length
208 Pages
Weight
227 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 1.50 cms
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Provides an examination of portions of the Bible through historical mythical parallels, anthropology, and other scientific methods to bring an understanding of the biblical texts. This book also challenges scholars' assumptions of Scripture as monotheistic and proposes treating biblical narrative as myth rather than as historical fact.
In this thought-provoking volume, Robert A. Oden Jr. advocates stripping away the theological and historiographic biases that underlie modern biblical scholarship in order to arrive at a nontheological historical reading of the Bible. Oden calls into question a scholarly tradition that accepts biblical writers'' views of themselves and their neighbors at face value and reproduces a view of Israelite religion as divinely guided and inherently superior.
Using cross-cultural and interdisciplinary methodology, Oden investigates three biblical issues--the clothing of Adam and Eve, Jacob''s name change to Israel, and ritual prostitution and Deuteronomy--in light of extra-biblical evidence. He also challenges scholars'' assumptions of Scripture as monotheistic and proposes treating biblical narrative as myth rather than as historical fact.
Using cross-cultural and interdisciplinary methodology, Oden investigates three biblical issues--the clothing of Adam and Eve, Jacob''s name change to Israel, and ritual prostitution and Deuteronomy--in light of extra-biblical evidence. He also challenges scholars'' assumptions of Scripture as monotheistic and proposes treating biblical narrative as myth rather than as historical fact.
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