DOC The House of Bondage: Or Charlotte Brooks and Other Slaves (The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers) by Octavia V. Rogers Albert in History

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Here; in one impressively illustrated 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; archeologists 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 reader with a readable and 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. Readers will find that 200 photographs; line drawings; and maps as well as an insert containing 25 color photographs vividly illustrate the history discussed.Understanding the biblical world is a vital part of understanding the Bible. Broad; authoritative; and visually engaging; The Oxford History of the Biblical World will illuminate for any reader the ancient world from which the Bible emerged.