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The New Cambridge History of the Bible 4 Volume Set

The New Cambridge History of the Bible 4 Volume Set

The New Cambridge History of the Bible 4 Volume Set

James Carleton Paget, University of Cambridge
Joachim Schaper, University of Aberdeen
Richard Marsden, University of Nottingham
E. Ann Matter, University of Pennsylvania
Euan Cameron, Union Theological Seminary, New York
John Riches, University of Glasgow
September 2016
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9781107584624
£730.00
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4 Hardback books

    The New Cambridge History of the Bible comprises four volumes that take into account the considerable advances in scholarship made in almost all biblical disciplines during the previous forty years. The volumes respond to shifts in scholarly methods of study of the Old and New Testaments, look closely at specialized forms of interpretation, and address the new concerns of the twenty-first century. Attention is paid to biblical studies in eastern Christian, Jewish, and Islamic contexts, rendering the series of interest to students of all Abrahamic faiths. The entire New Cambridge History of the Bible offers a comprehensive account of the development of the Bible from its origins to the present day, but each volume can also be read independently, proving a substantial contribution to the scholarship of the period it covers. This New Cambridge History will provide an invaluable resource for scholars, researchers, and students alike.

    • Essays by leading authorities offer a reliable overview in a field where secondary comment is extensive and complex
    • Demonstrates and explains the continuing impact of the Bible on widely different cultures and societies across the world
    • Chapters are written by scholars from a wide variety of backgrounds, representative of the best of current scholarship
    • Using the most up-to-date approaches to the study of the Bible, it is the most comprehensive survey currently available, which should serve as the starting point for all research in the field of Biblical studies

    Product details

    September 2016
    Multiple copy pack
    9781107584624
    3790 pages
    235 × 188 × 160 mm
    6.67kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Volume 1. From the Beginnings to 600
    • Volume 2. From 600 to 1450
    • Volume 3. From 1450 to 1750
    • Volume 4. From 1750 to the Present.
      Contributors
    • Euan Cameron, James Carleton Paget, Richard Marsden, E. Ann Matter, John Riches, Joachim Schaper

    • Editors
    • James Carleton Paget , University of Cambridge

      James Carleton Paget is senior lecturer in New Testament at the University of Cambridge and Fellow and Tutor at Peterhouse College. He is the author of The Epistle of Barnabas (1994) and of Jews, Christians and Jewish Christians in Antiquity (2010).

    • Joachim Schaper , University of Aberdeen

      Joachim Schaper is professor in Hebrew, Old Testament and Early Jewish Studies at the University of Aberdeen. He is the author of Eschatology in the Greek Psalter (1995), Priester und Leviten im achämenidischen Juda (2000), Wie der Hirsch lechzt nach frischem Wasser (2004) and editor of Die Textualisierung der Religion (2009).

    • Richard Marsden , University of Nottingham

      Richard Marsden is Emeritus Professor of Old English at the University of Nottingham. His published works include The Text of the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon England (1995) and an edition of The Old English Heptateuch and Ælfric's Libellus de ueteri testamento et nouo (2008), along with other books and articles on scriptural translation and the Latin Bible.

    • E. Ann Matter , University of Pennsylvania

      E. Ann Matter is the William R. Kenan, Jr Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She teaches and writes about medieval Christian culture, especially biblical interpretation and the history of spirituality. Her publications include The Voice of My Beloved: The Song of Songs in Western Medieval Christianity (1990).

    • Euan Cameron , Union Theological Seminary, New York

      Euan Cameron is Henry Luce III Professor of Reformation Church History at Union Theological Seminary, New York and Professor of Religion at Columbia University, New York. His publications include Waldenses: Rejections of Holy Church in Medieval Europe (2000), Interpreting Christian History: The Challenge of the Churches' Past (2005), Enchanted Europe: Superstition, Reason, and Religion, 1250–1750 (2010), and The European Reformation, 2nd Edition (2012).

    • John Riches , University of Glasgow

      John Riches is Emeritus Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism at the University of Glasgow. His publications include The Bible: A Very Short Introduction (2000), Conflicting Mythologies: Identity Formation in the Gospels of Mark and Matthew (2000), and Galatians through the Centuries (2008).