The Bible's Many Voices

About this book

The most common English translations of the Bible often sound like a single somewhat archaic voice. In fact the Bible is made up of many separate books composed by multiple writers in a wide range of styles and perspectives. It is as Michael Carasik demonstrates not a remote text reserved for churches and synagogues but rather a human document full of history poetry politics theology and spirituality. Using historic linguistic anthropological and theological sources Carasik helps us distinguish between the Jewish Bibles voicesthe mythic the historical the prophetic the theological and the legal. By articulating the differences among these voices he shows us not just their messages and meanings but also what mattered to the authors. In these contrasts we encounter the Bible anew as a living work whose many voices tell us about the world out of which the Bible grewand the world that it created. Listen to the authors podcast.