The Oxford History of the Biblical World Lib/E

In this impressive volume, leading scholars offer compelling glimpses into the biblical world, the world in which prophets, poets, sages, and historians created one of our most important texts--the Bible. For more than a century, archaeologists have been unearthing the tombs, temples, texts, and artifacts of the ancient Near East and the Mediterranean world. Using new approaches, contemporary scholars have begun to synthesize this material with the biblical traditions. The Oxford History of the Biblical World incorporates the best of this scholarship, and in chronologically ordered chapters presents the listener with an integrated study of the history, art, architecture, languages, literatures, and religion of biblical Israel and early Judaism and Christianity in their larger cultural contexts. The authors also examine such issues as the roles of women, the tensions between urban and rural settings, royal and kinship social structures, and official and popular religions of the region. Understanding the biblical world is a vital part of understanding the Bible. Broad, authoritative, and engaging, The Oxford History of the Biblical World will illuminate for any listener the ancient world from which the Bible emerged.

About the Author :
Michael D. Coogan received a PhD in Near Eastern languages and literatures from Harvard University. The coeditor of The Oxford Companion to the Bible and author of many other books and publications, he is currently director of publications for the Harvard Semitic Museum and professor of religious studies at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts. Michael D. Coogan received a PhD in Near Eastern languages and literatures from Harvard University. The coeditor of The Oxford Companion to the Bible and author of many other books and publications, he is currently director of publications for the Harvard Semitic Museum and professor of religious studies at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts. Scott R. Pollak has over forty years of narration/broadcast/on-air experience, having started his career with public radio in New Orleans in the late 1970s. Currently he is the "voice" of NPR Atlanta (WABE-FM) for over thirteen years. He is the narrator of more than 175 audiobooks and has worked on voice-over projects for literally hundreds of corporate clients, including UPS, Xerox, American Express, AT&T, Hewlett-Packard, Publix, Humana, McGraw-Hill, BP, Microsoft, Liberty Mutual, Pandora radio, Staples, Wells-Fargo, Volkswagen, and many, many more. Scott has been a full-time freelance voice professional for the past twenty years, working from his in-home studio and having his work double and triple checked by his beautiful audio editor, his wife of more than thirty years.