Writing the Bible: Origins of the Old Testament
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Writing the Bible: Origins of the Old Testament
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Martien Halvorson-Taylor
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Who wrote Great Expectations? That’s easy: Charles Dickens. Who’s the author of Beloved? Toni Morrison, of course. Now how about the Old Testament?
You’d think for a book as widely known, studied, and distributed as the Bible, the question of authorship would have been sorted out by now. But the question is more complex (and fascinating) than it seems. Why? Because asking it is to challenge everything we might assume about the Bible’s identity as a book, about what “writing” and “authorship” really mean, and about how a written text could become sacred to Jews and Christians, both in the ancient world and today.
In Writing the Bible: Origins of the Old Testament, work through these fascinating questions (and their related assumptions) in the company of biblical expert Martien A. Halvorson-Taylor of the University of Virginia. As you chase down answers, you’ll travel back in time to explore how oral traditions — ancient songs and stories — shaped the identity of an emerging nation, Israel, and how those traditions came to be written down, reinterpreted, and gathered into a collection of books that resonate with us even now.
The Old Testament reflects the profundity and timelessness of human experience. It has the power to shape our sense of our own lives, to frame our fears, and to inspire our ultimate hopes. What could be more interesting than finding out who, exactly, we should thank for that?
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- Abby Zensea
- 02-10-2022
For anyone who wants to know more about the Bible history
This course is very interesting. I found the author engaging and very clear, although it is not a simple subject. Highly recommended.
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- Kashif Sohail
- 07-07-2024
beating about the (burning)bush
Annoyingly verbose. Leading you no where. Seemed like, a confused author beating about the burning bush.
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- RG
- 10-12-2021
A very humanist approach
The book disregards any idea of the Bible being God-inspired. The assumption is that the narratives in Genesis and Exodus are works of fiction, with characters that were imagined up, and that the texts were written and assembled to advance human agendas.
I learned a lot about history in this book, but as a Christian I cannot accept many of the conclusions made here. To me, the Bible tells the real history of God's interactions with the world, and not merely insight on what a group of people thought about God over the space of a few hundred years.
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