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Because the Bible was not written in a vacuum, but in a world\u2014or rather, many worlds\u2014that are different from ours, understanding those worlds helps us understand the Bible. Reading the Bible...<\/p>","DOI":"10.1093\/wentk\/9780199383047.003.0005","type":"book-chapter","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,18]],"date-time":"2020-12-18T15:17:12Z","timestamp":1608304632000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The Contexts of the Bible"],"prefix":"10.1093","author":[{"given":"Michael","family":"Coogan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,3]]},"container-title":["The Bible"],"original-title":["The Contexts of the Bible"],"language":"en","deposited":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,6]],"date-time":"2022-07-06T02:21:04Z","timestamp":1657074064000},"score":14.279852,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/whateveryoneneedstoknow.com\/view\/10.1093\/wentk\/9780199383047.001.0001\/isbn-9780199383047-book-part-5"}},"issued":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,3]]},"ISBN":["9780199383047","9780197569962"],"references-count":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/wentk\/9780199383047.003.0005","published":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,3]]}},{"institution":[{"name":"Koninklijke Brill NV","acronym":["BRILL"]}],"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,7]],"date-time":"2025-03-07T00:52:53Z","timestamp":1741308773957,"version":"3.38.0"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Walter de Gruyter GmbH","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"DOI":"10.1163\/2452-4107_thb_dum_347330","type":"dataset","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,28]],"date-time":"2022-11-28T14:05:48Z","timestamp":1669644348000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["4.2.2.2.2 The Bible Tool, CrossWire Bible Society"],"prefix":"10.1163","member":"374","container-title":["Textual History of the Bible"],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,26]],"date-time":"2024-03-26T05:26:16Z","timestamp":1711430776000},"score":14.243469,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/referenceworks.brill.com\/doi\/10.1163\/2452-4107_thb_DUM_347330"}},"issued":{"date-parts":[[null]]},"references-count":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1163\/2452-4107_thb_dum_347330"},{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,4]],"date-time":"2024-05-04T04:57:28Z","timestamp":1714798648119},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Oxford University Press","isbn-type":[{"value":"9780199383047","type":"print"},{"value":"9780197569962","type":"electronic"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,28]]},"abstract":"
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