The Bible after Babel <subTitle>Historical Criticism in a Postmodern Age</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Collins, John J.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">8:5</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company</publisher> <dateIssued>2005</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>201tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback, Illustration</extent> <extent>23 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>In The Bible after Babel John J. Collins considers the effect of the postmodern situation on biblical, primarily Old Testament, criticism over the last three decades. Collins examines the quest of historical criticism to objectively establish a text's basic meaning. Accepting that the Bible may no longer provide secure ""foundations"" for faith, Collins still highlights its ethical challenge to be concerned for ""the other""--A challenge central both to Old Testament ethics and to the teaching of Jesus.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">John J. Collins</note> <subject> <topic>Bible -- Criticism and Interpretation</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Postmodernism -- Religious aspects</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">220.67</classification> <classification authority="ddc">C712-J65</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780802828927, 0802828922</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14987/71ki5edtoal-sy466.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14987/71ki5edtoal-sy466.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071427.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>