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    The Meaning of the Bible: What the Jewish Scriptures and Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us

    By Douglas A. Knight and Amy-Jill Levine

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    In The Meaning of the Bible: What the Jewish Scriptures and Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us, preeminent biblical scholars Douglas A. Knight and Amy-Jill Levine deliver a broad and engaging introduction to the Old Testament—also known as the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible—offering a wealth of compelling historical background and context for the sacred literature that is at the heart of Judaism and Christianity. John Shelby Spong, author of Re-Claiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World writes, "Levine and Knight have combined to write a book on the Bible that is as academically brilliant as it is marvelously entertaining. By placing our scriptures into their original Jewish context they have opened up startling and profound new insights. This is a terrific book."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateNov 8, 2011
    ISBN9780062098597
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    The Meaning of the Bible: What the Jewish Scriptures and Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us
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    Douglas A. Knight

    Douglas A. Knight is Drucilla Moore Buffington Professor of Hebrew Bible at the Divinity School of Vanderbilt University. He is the general editor of the Library of Ancient Israel.

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      Could barely read this. I recognize that these are people with a background in Jewish studies, but thus reads like they only studied it so they could promote Christianity (to Jews). On top of the fact that they use Old Testament and Tanakh interchangeably at times, in the few pages I read they lacked sufficient understanding of actual Jewish values and culture, despite their education. Would not recommend.