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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The HarperCollins Study Bible—Student Edition is the landmark general reference Bible that offers the full text of the New Revised Standard Version as well as in-depth articles, introductions, and comprehensive notes by today's leading biblical scholars for the Society of Biblical Literature. Completely revised and updated, this edition incorporates the latest scholarship and findings as well as incorporating new diagrams, charts, and maps—25% revised or new material. 2012 Genesis http://www.librarything.com/topic/128182#3208318 (read Robert Alter translation) Exodus http://www.librarything.com/topic/128182#3306746 (read Robert Alter translation) Leviticus http://www.librarything.com/topic/128182#3350780 (read Robert Alter translation) Numbers http://www.librarything.com/topic/128182#3387682 (read Robert Alter translation) Deuteronomy http://www.librarything.com/topic/128182#3440428 (read Robert Alter translation) First Five Books http://www.librarything.com/topic/138560#3472119 (read Robert Alter translation) Joshua http://www.librarything.com/topic/138560#3480986 Judges http://www.librarything.com/topic/138560#3562261 1 & 2 Samuel http://www.librarything.com/topic/138560#3698957 (read Robert Alter translation) 2013 1 & 2 Kings http://www.librarything.com/topic/147378#3937339 1 & 2 Chronicles http://www.librarything.com/topic/154187#4183198 2014 Ezra, Nehemiah, Tobit & Judith http://www.librarything.com/topic/163456#4533123 Ruth - no post Esther - no post Job http://www.librarything.com/topic/163456#4638130 (read this and the Robert Alter translation) Psalms https://www.librarything.com/topic/179643#4930787 Proverbs https://www.librarything.com/topic/185746#4995976 2015 Ecclesiastes https://www.librarything.com/topic/185746#5063808 Song of Solomon https://www.librarything.com/topic/185746#5095236 Isaiah https://www.librarything.com/topic/185746#5159224 Jeremiah https://www.librarything.com/topic/191940#5205720 Lamentations - no post Ezekiel https://www.librarything.com/topic/191940#5231103 Daniel https://www.librarything.com/topic/191940#5284549 Minor Prophets https://www.librarything.com/topic/197329#5352355 A post with OT references https://www.librarything.com/topic/197329#5359531 OT https://www.librarything.com/topic/197329#5364332 2018 The Book of Esther, with Deuterocanonical additions https://www.librarything.com/topic/279863#6330521 The Wisdom of Solomon https://www.librarything.com/topic/279863#6337563 Ben Sira https://www.librarything.com/topic/288371#6412110 Baruch and the Letter of Jeremiah https://www.librarything.com/topic/288371#6426962 Addition to the Book of Daniel, The Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Jews, Susanna, Bel and the Dragon https://www.librarything.com/topic/288371#6427011 1 Maccabees https://www.librarything.com/topic/288371#6472125 2 Maccabees https://www.librarything.com/topic/288371#6472159 1 Esdras https://www.librarything.com/topic/288371#6472163 Prayer of Manasseh https://www.librarything.com/topic/288371#6487987 Psalm 151 https://www.librarything.com/topic/288371#6487993 3 Maccabees https://www.librarything.com/topic/288371#6488563 2 Esdras (It's not easy to capture, but this was a book that pressed a lot of buttons in sequence and had me quite fascinated.) https://www.librarything.com/topic/288371#6488584 4 Maccabees https://www.librarything.com/topic/288371#6488587 Matthew https://www.librarything.com/topic/288371#6510998 Mark https://www.librarything.com/topic/288371#6532644 Luke https://www.librarything.com/topic/288371#6557644 John https://www.librarything.com/topic/288371#6573508 Romans https://www.librarything.com/topic/288371#6602713 First Corinthians https://www.librarything.com/topic/288371#6613729 Second Corinthians https://www.librarything.com/topic/288371#6624089 Galatians https://www.librarything.com/topic/288371#6636383 Pauline Epistles https://www.librarything.com/topic/288371#6650070 2019 Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles https://www.librarything.com/topic/301619#6693400 The Book of Revelation https://www.librarything.com/topic/301619#6702341 NT https://www.librarything.com/topic/301619#6703466 Writing for the Committee which undertook the translations, Bruce Metzger explains in the Preface that "The Bible carries its full message...to all persons and communities who read it so that they may discern and understand what God is saying to them." This text is accompanied with Notes which are generally helpful, or at least interesting, in the study of the scripture. For example, the chapter in Genesis 30 which explains the origins of the Ammonites and Moabites. The incest is described as an "unflattering episode". This is taken as "fitting recompense for Lot's carelessness about his daughters' welfare" in 19.8, and notes that "from Moab will eventually come Ruth, ancestor of King David" who in turn is the progenitor of Jesus. The story of Lot's daughters making Lot drunk so as to have sex with him also "recalls the drunkenness of Noah and resultant sexual indiscretion by one of his offspring in 9.18-27. The subsequent sons' names in the Septuagint are a play on the incest theme. {The repeated eruption of incest may also reflect Egyptian influences. The same book otherwise commands that incest would have been a stoning offense. Drunkeness is an aggravating, not mitigating factor. Remarkably, for the Christians, the delineation of this lineage is supposed to provide some kind of legitimacy to the Messiah coming from the incestuous root of these drunken sots. For the Judaic tribes, it only adds to the confusion of exactly how they originated, and who is included in their number.} This work does combine the multiple "bibles" of Judaic, eastern and western Christian traditions, including the apocrypha, and notes the differences between them. With indexed colored Map Plates. no reviews | add a review
After 10 years of new archeological discoveries and changes in biblical studies, it was time for an overhaul of this classic reference work. With the guidance of the Society of Biblical Literature, an organization of the best biblical scholars worldwide, we have selected Dean of Yale Divinity School, Harold Attridge, to oversee the Study Bible's updating and revision. Including up-to-date introductions to the Biblical books, based on the latest critical scholarship, by leading experts in the field concise notes, clearly explaining names, dates, places, obscure terms, and other difficulties in reading the Biblical text careful analysis of the structure of Biblical books abundant maps, tables, and charts to enable the reader to understand the context of the Bible, and to see the relationship among its parts. In this new revised edition every introduction, essay, map, illustration and explanatory note has been reviewed and updated, and new material added. For instance, There are newly commissioned introductory essays on the archaeology of ancient Israel and the New Testament world, the religion of ancient Israel, the social and historical context of each book of the Bible, and on Biblical interpretation. There are completely new introductions and notes for many of the books in the Bible, plus a full revision and updating of all others. No library descriptions found. |
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