{"product_id":"9780802828927","title":"Bible after Babel: Historical Criticism in a Postmodern Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eBiblical scholars today often sound as if they are caught in the aftermath of Babel — a clamor of voices unable to reach common agreement. Yet is this confusion necessarily a bad thing? Many postmodern critics see the recent profusion of critical approaches as a welcome opportunity for the emergence of diverse new techniques. In \u003ci\u003eThe Bible after Babel\u003c\/i\u003e noted biblical scholar John J. Collins considers the effect of the postmodern situation on biblical, primarily Old Testament, criticism over the last three decades. Engaging and even-handed, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48241552752880,"sku":"9780802828927","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802828927_p0.jpg?v=1763727728","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802828927","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}