Includes index.
Part I: On the discipline
Part II: Languages, translation, and textual transmission of the Bible
Part III: Historical and social study of the Bible
Part IV: The composition of the Bible
Part V: Methods in biblical scholarship
Part VI: The interpretation of the Bible
Part VII: The authority of the Bible.
The Oxford handbook of biblical studies. ISBN 9780199254255. Published by Oxford University Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.