History and Ideology in the Old Testament
Biblical Studies at the End of a Millennium
James Barr (Emeritus Regius Professor of Hebrew, Oxford University, and Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Hebrew Bible, Emeritus Regius Professor of Hebrew, Oxford University, and Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Hebrew Bible, Vanderbilt University)
This book brings together aspects of controversy about the Bible at the end of the millennium with emphasis on the Old Testament and the history of Israel. The central question is how far the Bible gives a vision into a real world of the past and...