Iain W. Provan is the E. Marshall Shepherd Professor of Biblical Studies (Old Testament) at Regent College. He has previously taught at King's College London, the University of Wales, and the University of Edinburgh. He is author of Seriously Dangerous Religion: What the Old Testament Really Says and Why it Matters, Convenient Myths: The Axial Age, Dark Green Religion, and the World that Never Was, commentaries on 1 & 2 Kings, Ecclesiastes & Song of Songs, and Lamentations, and co-author (with V. Phillips Long and Tremper Longman III) of A Biblical History of Israel. He is also a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge.
A Culture of the Book (CTC I)
Speaker(s): Iain Provan
Date: Nov. 28, 2006
Length: 1:14:58
Product ID: RGDL3650H
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Description
This lecture, part of the 2006/07 Christian Thought and Culture series, discusses the rise of Humanism during the Renaissance and its effect on the understanding of the Bible both then and now.
This lecture is best listened to in conjunction with the Christian Thought and Culture series recorded in 2005 and 2006.
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