The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies
- Oxford Oxford University Press 2008
- 896p
includes index and biblioraphy
History of the discipline in the last seventy years The impact of other disciplines upon biblical scholarship Languages,translation,and textual transmission of the bible Historical and social study of the bible Background and context Institutions of the old and new testaments Genres of the old and new testaments The composition of the bible Methods in biblical scholarship The interpretation of the bible The authority of the bible