Understanding the Bible as a Scripture in History, Culture, and Religion

ISBN-13: 9781119730378 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 384 str.

James W. Watts

Recenzje

Watts's 2017 textbook, Understanding the Pentateuch as a Scripture, is "wide-ranging yet admirably focused," and also: "Intended as a textbook, this work in fact has a good deal to teach biblical critics. But it will also prove wonderfully useful to undergraduate and seminary students." Benjamin Sommer in Review of Biblical Literature (2019);and: ""Watts is to be congratulated for this achievement in which his competence is coupled with a deep sense of measure and balance in his judgments." Jean-Louis Ska in the Review of Biblical Literature (2020)

Spis treści

Preface 7Chapter 1: Scripture and Ritual 10The Three Dimensions of Written Texts 13Ritualizing Scriptures in Three Dimensions 15Jewish and Christian Scriptures 18Manuscripts and Printing 21Section 1: The Torah as a Scripture 24Chapter 2: Torah and Pentateuch 25The Pentateuch in Three Dimensions 26Scripturalizing Torah in the Time of Ezra 29Chapter 3: The Torah's Rhetoric 34The Torah's Rhetoric of Origins 35Authority, Sanctions, Readers 48The Rhetoric of the Deuteronomistic History 62Chapter 4: The Torah's Iconic Dimension 70The Pentateuch's Iconic Dimension After Ezra 72The Pentateuch's Iconic Dimension Before Ezra 92Ancient Lost-and-Found Books 100Chapter 5: The Torah's Expressive Dimension 105Reading Torah after Ezra 109Songs and Poetry in the Hebrew Bible 123Expressing the Covenant: the Prophets 128Expressing Torah Before Ezra 130Chapter 6: The Torah's Semantic Dimension 138Interpreting Life: Wisdom Literature 138The Tanak as a Scripture 141Promises, Threats, and Apocalyptic 146Scripturalizing Prophets, Psalms and Wisdom 153Interpreting Scripture: Scribes and Rabbis 160Identifying with Israel 171The Pentateuch Before Ezra 180Section 2: The Gospels as a Scripture 192Chapter 7: Rhetoric about Jesus 192Jesus in the GospelsPaul and his LettersChapter 8: The Rhetoric of the GospelsThe Gospel According to MarkThe Gospel According to MatthewThe Gospel According to LukeThe Gospel According to JohnChapter 9: The Gospels' Iconic DimensionIrenaeus and the Four GospelsIconic Gospels and BiblesChapter 10: The Gospels' Expressive DimensionChristian LectionariesSinging Christian ScripturesThe Languages of Christian ScripturesExpert TranslatorsPortraying Jesus in Visual Art and MediaChapter 11: The Gospels' Semantic DimensionInterpreting Jesus's DeathOther Ancient GospelsWomen in the Gospels and Ancient CulturesThe Gospel before the GospelsWriting Paul's LettersThe Search for the Historical JesusSection 3: The Bible as a Scripture 248Chapter 12: The Bible's Iconic Dimension 248Publishing Tanaks and Bibles 248Relic Books 255Decalogue Tablets 261Chapter 13: The Bible's Expressive Dimension 264The Bible in Art 264Illustrated Bibles 267Bible Maps 270The Bible in Theater and Film 272Chapter 14: The Bible's Semantic Dimension 277Biblical Law and Authority 277Modern Controversies about Genesis 288Chapter 15: The History of the Bible as a Scripture 303Scripturalization and Canonization 303Understanding the Bible as a Scripture 304Cited Works and Further Reading 307

O autorze

JAMES W. WATTS is Professor in the Department of Religion at Syracuse University. He is the author of How and Why Books Matter (2019), Understanding the Pentateuch as a Scripture (Wiley Blackwell, 2017), Leviticus 1-10 (2013), and Ritual and Rhetoric in Leviticus: From Sacrifice to Scripture (2007). He is a co-founder of SCRIPT, The Society for Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts.