J. Brian Peckham (1934–2008) was a professor of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at Regis College in the

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and the Centre for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto. In 1993, Peckham published "History and Prophecy: The Development of Late Judean Literary Traditions," which argues that the Bible was created from the beginning as a work of literature, and that biblical text was meant to be read and performed.

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