Old Testament: An Introduction : Historical Traditions (Old Testament Introduction (St. Vladimirs))
Description
This revised edition of Paul Tarazi's The Old Testament: An Introduction Historical Traditions takes into account twelve years of additional research. The way historical background is presented constitutes the biggest change: this book no longer includes a reconstruction of the 'history of Israel.' The author concludes that none of the scriptural books were intended to offer a history in the sense that we use that word today, so any efforts to construct such a history necessarily lead one astray from the original intention of the scriptural text. What the Scripture's ori...
ISBN(s)
0881411051, 9780881411058
