The Cambridge History of the Bible
Volume 1. From the Beginnings to Jerome
Part of The Cambridge History of the Bible
- Editors:
- P. R. Ackroyd
- C. F. Evans
- Date Published: July 1975
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521099738
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Volume 1 of The Cambridge History of the Bible concerns the earliest period down to Jerome and takes as its central theme the process by which the books of both Testaments came into being and emerged as a canon of scripture, and the use of canonical writings in the early church.
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'This volume is a distinguished achievement. Its scholarship is sound and up to date. Nowhere else, it is safe to say, will a reader find so comprehensive and informed an account of the wide field it covers.' The Times Literary Supplement
See more reviews'Once again the editors, publishers and contributors have produced a magnificent volume well worthy to stand alongside its two predecessors … Judged by any standaed, the History is a landmark in Bible scholarship.' The Evangelical Quarterly
'Professors Ackroyd and Evans have assembled an exceptionally distinguished team for this volume, and the resultant composition is as instructive as it is readable … Altogether this is an excellent work.' Bulletin of the SOAS
'An indispensable work of reference both for historical theology and for the history of biblical scholarship.' Expository Times
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- Date Published: July 1975
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521099738
- length: 688 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 150 x 33 mm
- weight: 1.005kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Corrections to the text
Preface
Additions to the bibliography
Part I. Language and Script:
1. The biblical languages Matthew Black
2. The biblical script David Diringer
Part II. Books in the Ancient World:
3. Books in the ancient near east and in the old testament D. J. Wiseman
4. Books in the Graeco-Roman world and in the new testament C. H. Roberts
Part III. The Old Testament:
5. The old testament in the making Peter R. Ackroyd
6. Canonical and non-canonical G. W. Anderson
7. The old testament text Shemaryahu Talmon
8. Bible and Midrash: early old testament exegesis G. Vermes
Part IV. The New Testament:
9. The new testament in the making C. F. Evans
10. The new testament canon R. M. Grant
11. The new testament text J. N. Birdsall
12. The interpretation of the old testament in the new C. K. Barrett
Part V. The Bible in the early Church:
13. Biblical exegesis in the early church R. P. C. Hanson
14. Origen as biblical scholar M. F. Wiles
15. Theodore of mopsuestia as representative of the antiochene school M. F. Wiles
16. Jerome as biblical scholar H. F. D. Sparks
17. Augustine as biblical scholar Gerald Bonner
18. The place of the Bible in the liturgy J. A. Lamb
Bibliography
Abbreviations
Notes on the plates
Plates
Indexes
General
Biblical and other references.
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