A Contemporary Introduction to the Bible

[b]Explore a timely introduction to the formation of the Bible in its historical and modern contexts[/b] In the newly revised Second Edition of [i]A Contemporary Introduction to the Bible: Sacred Texts and Imperial Contexts[/i], accomplished scholars and authors Colleen M. Conway and David M. Carr deliver a rigorous, accessible, and up-to-date introduction to the Bible. The textbook places the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and New Testament in the broader context of world history, with a special focus on the empires that influenced the Bible’s formation. Readers are introduced to the academic study of the Bible through a range of scholarly approaches. Readers benefit from th…