Project Gutenberg 2012-07-08 Public domain in the USA. 216 Moore, George Foot 1851 1931 The Literature of the Old Testament Produced by Delphine Lettau, Julia Neufeld and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Literature of the Old Testament" by George Foot Moore is a scholarly account written in the early 20th century. It explores the historical, religious, and literary significance of the Old Testament texts, detailing the development of these works and their impact on Jewish and Christian traditions. The book likely delves into canonical issues, authorial intent, and the sociocultural context of the various texts. At the start of this detailed examination, the author introduces the foundations of the Old Testament, discussing its reception by early Christians and the differentiation between the Old and New Testaments. He outlines the historical significance and the evolution of religious texts, emphasizing the period when Hebrew transitioned to Greek for literary and cultural reasons. Moore also addresses the complexities of canon formation, noting debates among Jewish scholars regarding the inspiration of certain books, which sets a comprehensive backdrop for understanding the Old Testament as a dynamic body of literature and its varied interpretations across different religious communities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Bible. Old Testament -- Introductions BS Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 470373 470382 2024-09-17T04:40:59.360881 2023-09-17T12:57:36.019024 text/html text/html 463785 2012-07-09T09:16:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 260170 2012-07-09T09:17:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 328439 2024-09-17T04:41:09.065806 application/epub+zip 332640 2024-09-17T04:41:01.822878 application/epub+zip 233133 2024-09-17T04:41:00.433883 application/epub+zip 573648 2024-09-17T04:41:13.780832 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 518202 2024-09-17T04:41:07.447834 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 419285 2022-09-18T11:51:20.855819 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 407936 407834 2024-09-17T04:40:58.411900 2023-09-17T12:57:34.969935 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 407708 2012-07-09T09:16:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 152856 2012-07-09T09:17:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 407751 2012-07-09T09:15:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 152778 2012-07-09T09:17:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19902 2024-09-17T04:41:13.925800 application/rdf+xml 16230 2024-09-17T04:41:00.810870 image/jpeg 3781 2024-09-17T04:41:00.620971 image/jpeg 314813 2024-09-17T04:40:59.402901 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia