Understanding the Bible as a Scripture in History, Culture, a... - 9781119730378

Understanding the Bible as a Scripture in History, Culture, and ReligionAuthor(s): James W. Watts\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9781119730378, 978-1119730378\nSynopsis\nUNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE AS A SCRIPTURE IN HISTORY, CULTURE, AND RELIGION The Bible is a popular subject of study and research, yet biblical studies gives little attention to the reason for its popularity: its religious role as a scripture. Understanding the Bible as a Scripture in History, Culture, and Religion integrates the history of the religious interpretation and ritual uses of biblical books into a survey of their rhetoric, composition, and theology in their ancient contexts. Emphasizing insights from comparative studies of different religious scriptures, it combines discussion of the Bibles origins with its cultural history into a coherent understanding of its past and present function as a scripture. A prominent expert on biblical r.