In How to Read the Bible, Harvard professor James Kugel leads the reader chapter by chapter through the "quiet revolution" of recent biblical scholarship, showing time and again how radically the interpretations of today's researchers differ from what people have always thought. The story of...
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How to Read the Bible
A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now
Scholars from different fields have joined forces to reexamine every aspect of the Hebrew Bible. Their research, carried out in universities and seminaries in Europe and America, has revolutionized our understanding of almost every chapter and verse. But have they killed the Bible in the process?
In How to Read the Bible, Harvard professor James Kugel leads the reader chapter by chapter through the “quiet revolution” of recent biblical scholarship, showing time and again how radically the interpretations of today’s researchers differ from what people have always thought. The story of Adam and Eve, it turns out, was not originally about the “Fall of Man,” but about the move from a primitive, hunter-gatherer society to a settled, agricultural one. As for the stories of Cain and Abel, Abraham and Sarah, and Jacob and Esau, these narratives were not, at their origin, about individual people at all but, rather, explanations of some feature of Israelite society as it existed centuries after these figures were said to have lived. Dinah was never raped — her story was created by an editor to solve a certain problem in Genesis. In the earliest version of the Exodus story, Moses probably did not divide the Red Sea in half; instead, the Egyptians perished in a storm at sea. Whatever the original Ten Commandments might have been, scholars are quite sure they were different from the ones we have today. What’s more, the people long supposed to have written various books of the Bible were not, in the current consensus, their real authors: David did not write the Psalms, Solomon did not write Proverbs or Ecclesiastes; indeed, there is scarcely a book in the Bible that is not the product of different, anonymous authors and editors working in different periods.
Such findings pose a serious problem for adherents of traditional, Bible-based faiths. Hiding from the discoveries of modern scholars seems dishonest, but accepting them means undermining much of the Bible’s reliability and authority as the word of God. What to do? In his search for a solution, Kugel leads the reader back to a group of ancient biblical interpreters who flourished at the end of the biblical period. Far from naïve, these interpreters consciously set out to depart from the original meaning of the Bible’s various stories, laws, and prophecies — and they, Kugel argues, hold the key to solving the dilemma of reading the Bible today.
How to Read the Bible is, quite simply, the best, most original book about the Bible in decades. It offers an unflinching, insider’s look at the work of today’s scholars, together with a sustained consideration of what the Bible was for most of its history — before the rise of modern scholarship. Readable, clear, often funny but deeply serious in its purpose, this is a book for Christians and Jews, believers and secularists alike. It offers nothing less than a whole new way of thinking about sacred Scripture.
Tatizo hicho kinachotoa idhini ya sababu za kifo changu ndiyo kinanipa wasiwasi ukichukulia zaidi ya kuambiwa kipo na walionitangulia (miaka maelfu yaliyopita)hakuna aliyerudi kusema kipo au hakipo,as long yalisemwa lazima kipo!
Nmejibu hivyo Kwa sababu nmeelewa mantiki yako, kwamba unaona kama vile Mungu kuna mahala amefeli, Sasa na Mimi ndio nmekujibu kua hata kama unaona Kuna sehem labda imelegalega je huoni tu kwamba bado amefanya Kazi kubwa ku create ulimwengu
Hapana, ila nimesoma "The Norton Anthology of World Religions" na hata hiki kitabu "How To Read The Bible : A Guide To Scripture Then And Now" ni cha Emeritus Professor wa Harvard James Kugel.
Nmejibu hivyo Kwa sababu nmeelewa mantiki yako, kwamba unaona kama vile Mungu kuna mahala amefeli, Sasa na Mimi ndio nmekujibu kua hata kama unaona Kuna sehem labda imelegalega je huoni tu kwamba bado amefanya Kazi kubwa ku create ulimwengu
Hapana, ila nimesoma "The Norton Anthology of World Religions" na hata hiki kitabu "How To Read Tge Bible : A Guide To Scripture Then And Now" ni cha Emeritus Professor wa Harvard James Kugel.
In How to Read the Bible, Harvard professor James Kugel leads the reader chapter by chapter through the "quiet revolution" of recent biblical scholarship, showing time and again how radically the interpretations of today's researchers differ from what people have always thought. The story of...
www.jameskugel.com
How to Read the Bible
A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now
Scholars from different fields have joined forces to reexamine every aspect of the Hebrew Bible. Their research, carried out in universities and seminaries in Europe and America, has revolutionized our understanding of almost every chapter and verse. But have they killed the Bible in the process?
In How to Read the Bible, Harvard professor James Kugel leads the reader chapter by chapter through the “quiet revolution” of recent biblical scholarship, showing time and again how radically the interpretations of today’s researchers differ from what people have always thought. The story of Adam and Eve, it turns out, was not originally about the “Fall of Man,” but about the move from a primitive, hunter-gatherer society to a settled, agricultural one. As for the stories of Cain and Abel, Abraham and Sarah, and Jacob and Esau, these narratives were not, at their origin, about individual people at all but, rather, explanations of some feature of Israelite society as it existed centuries after these figures were said to have lived. Dinah was never raped — her story was created by an editor to solve a certain problem in Genesis. In the earliest version of the Exodus story, Moses probably did not divide the Red Sea in half; instead, the Egyptians perished in a storm at sea. Whatever the original Ten Commandments might have been, scholars are quite sure they were different from the ones we have today. What’s more, the people long supposed to have written various books of the Bible were not, in the current consensus, their real authors: David did not write the Psalms, Solomon did not write Proverbs or Ecclesiastes; indeed, there is scarcely a book in the Bible that is not the product of different, anonymous authors and editors working in different periods.
Such findings pose a serious problem for adherents of traditional, Bible-based faiths. Hiding from the discoveries of modern scholars seems dishonest, but accepting them means undermining much of the Bible’s reliability and authority as the word of God. What to do? In his search for a solution, Kugel leads the reader back to a group of ancient biblical interpreters who flourished at the end of the biblical period. Far from naïve, these interpreters consciously set out to depart from the original meaning of the Bible’s various stories, laws, and prophecies — and they, Kugel argues, hold the key to solving the dilemma of reading the Bible today.
How to Read the Bible is, quite simply, the best, most original book about the Bible in decades. It offers an unflinching, insider’s look at the work of today’s scholars, together with a sustained consideration of what the Bible was for most of its history — before the rise of modern scholarship. Readable, clear, often funny but deeply serious in its purpose, this is a book for Christians and Jews, believers and secularists alike. It offers nothing less than a whole new way of thinking about sacred Scripture.
Douhhh🙄🙄 Kweli jambo usilolijua ni Sawa na usiku wa Giza. Bwana kiranga, hili andiko linafunua UCHI ambao umekuwa ukifichwa sana.
Sasa ndiyo naelewa kwa nini Biblia ya wa protestant, ya wakatoliki wa Roma, wakatoliki wa Orthodox na Wacoptic wa Alexandria Zina idadi tofauti ya vitabu.
Ulivyo solid wa kubisha... Nilikuwaga sikuelewi
Douhhh🙄🙄 Kweli jambo usilolijua ni Sawa na usiku wa Giza. Bwana kiranga, hili andiko linafunua UCHI ambao umekuwa ukifichwa sana.
Sasa ndiyo naelewa kwa nini Biblia ya wa protestant, ya wakatoliki wa Roma, wakatoliki wa Orthodox na Wacoptic wa Alexandria Zina idadi tofauti ya vitabu.
Ulivyo solid wa kubisha... Nilikuwaga sikuelewi
Mungu mjuzi wa yote, mwenye uwezo wote na upendo wote hayupo mkuu.
Angekuwepo, kila mtu angejua yupo kwa namna ambayo hata mjadala huu usingeweza kufanyika.
Ukishaona watu wanabishana kuhusu uwepo wa Mungu, ukishaona watu wanapigana vita vya kidini mpaka wanauana mamilioni kwa mamilioni, ujue Mungu mjuzi wa yote, mwenye uwezo wote na upendo wote hayupo.
Angekuwepo, asingeumba ulimwengu ambao watu wanaweza kuuana hivyo kwa kutomjua yeye.
Angejiweka wazi kila mtu amjue kusiwe na mzozo wa vita wala thread ya JF ya kujadiliana uwepo wake.
Ushawahi kusoma kitu kinaitwa Epicurean Paradox kabla ya leo?
Kiranga hauamini uwepo wa Mungu hata nikikujibu "Kwa nini" Papa Francis alimjibu hivyo,bado utabisha,na mimi huwa sipendelei kubishana,halafu sijui kubishana,mimi majibu yangu huwa ni "Yes" au "No" halafu naweka nukta.
Hapo Papa Francis ni kama alikuwa ana muambia huyo binti asimlilie Yesu bali binti ajililie nafsi yake.Kuelewa hili inahitajika hekima au akili ya hali ya juu kama ambavyo kuelewa Luka 23:27 ina mhitaji mtu kuwa philosopher ili aelewe.
Luka 23:27 Yesu akawageukia akasema,Enyi binti za Yerusalemu(zinaweza kuwa binti za mahali popote,binti za Bukoba,binti za Geita,binti za Mwanza,binti za Dar es Salaam n.k),msinililie mimi ( Yesu anasema wasimlilie yeye maana anajua anaenda kutimiza mission yake aliyotumwa na Mungu kuja kumkomboa mwanadamu) , bali jililieni nafsi zenu na watoto wenu.
Binti ajililie nafsi yake ili na yeye siku moja aweze kutimiza mission ya roho yake aliyopewa na Mungu kuja kuikamilisha duniani,awe mtakatifu.
Naungana na team Kiranga hapa... Unaposema hiyo Luka 23:27 huwezi kuielewa Hadi uwe mtaalamu wa philosophy, mlengwa alikuwa ni nani? Kama hiyo Injili ni kwa watu wote, kwa nini kuwe na Codes nyingi ili uielewe? Then,... Is bible real?
Kimantiki, ulimwengu unaoruhusu mabaya unakanusha uwepo wa Mungu mjuzi wa yote, mwenye uwezo wote na upendo wote.
Ulimwengu huo uko mitually exclusive na uwepo wa Mungu huyo?
Ukielewa katika logic/math mutual wxclusivity ni nini, utaelewa ni scenario ambayo mambo mawiki au zaidi hayawezi kutokea kwa pamoja, unakuwa na ama moja, ama lingine.
Sasa,ulimwengu unaoruhusu mabaya unaweza kuwepo tu kama Mungu huyo hayupo.
Kwa sababu Mungu huyo kwa ujuzi wake wote, uwezo wake wote na uoendo wake wote, tabia zake hizi zinamfanya asiumbe ulimwengu unaoruhusu mabaya.
Na Mungu huyo anaweza kuwa yupo tu kama ulimwengu unaoruhusu mabaya haupo. Ulimwengu unaoruhusu mabaya kuwapo unaonesha Mungu huyo hayupo, angekuwapo asingeruhusu ulimwengu unaoruhusu mabaya uwepo.
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