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.

1. Exegesis in a Canonical Context At the outset I should like to set certain parameters to the scope of this study. The larger problems for Christian theology of establishing the relation between the two Testaments, as well as of examining the claims of the apocryphal books on the Christian church, lie beyond the scope of this Introduction to the Hebrew scriptures. In my judgment, these important subjects belong to the fields of biblical theology, New Testament, and early church history. However,

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