The Bible has been the most discussed and scrutinized text in human history. Here we are, still obsessed with it... The Bible: Ancient Context and Ongoing Community serves as a guide to anyone hoping to understand the Bible's ancient context and its role for ongoing communities of readers. This book puts the Bible's two identities--an ancient document revered by billions of contemporary readers--into conversation with one another. Written for an introductory Bible course at the college level, The Bible: Ancient Context and Ongoing Community is designed for anyone looking for a deeper engagement with the Christian Bible. 

Product Description: The figure of the giant has haunted the literatures of the ancient Mediterranean world, from the Greek Gigantomachy and other Aegean epic literatures to the biblical contexts of the ancient Near East. In The Last of the Rephaim, Brian Doak argues that the giants of the Hebrew Bible are a politically, theologically, and historiographically generative group, and through their oversized bodies, readers gain insight into central aspects of Israel’s symbolic universe...read more