In his new book, master Bible scholar and teacher Marc Brettler argues that today\'s contemporary readers can only understand the ancient Hebrew Scripture by knowing more about the culture that produced it.
Brettler surveys repr.
And so Brettler unpacks the literary conventions, ideological assumptions, and historical conditions that inform the biblical text and demonstrates how modern critical scholarship and archaeological discoveries shed light on this fascinating and complex literature.
In his new book, master Bible scholar and teacher Marc Brettler argues that today\'s contemporary readers can only understand the ancient Hebrew Scripture by knowing more about the culture that produced it