Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture (Biblia.com)

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This introduction attempts to offer a different model for the discipline from that currently represented. It seeks to describe the form and function of the Hebrew Bible in its role as sacred scripture for Israel. It argues the case that the biblical literature has not been correctly understood or interpreted because its role as religious literature has not been correctly assessed.

disagreement will enhance the enterprise if the various interpreters share a common understanding of the nature of the exegetical task. 2. The Canonical Approach Contrasted with Others Several crucial methodological issues are raised when the canonical approach is described as focusing on the final form of the text. Perhaps these issues can be most sharply profiled by contrasting the approach which I am suggesting with other familiar methods of critical biblical scholarship. The canonical study of

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