The Hebrew Bible : new insights and scholarship

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Label

The Hebrew Bible : new insights and scholarship

Title remainder

new insights and scholarship

Statement of responsibility

edited by Frederick E. Greenspahn

Contributor

• Greenspahn, Frederick E., 1946-

Subject

• "Bible, AT" -- études diverses
• Altes Testament
• Altes Testament -- Erklärung -- jüdische
• Altes Testament -- Juden
• Bibel, Altes Testament
• Bible, Old Testament
• Bible, Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Bible, Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
• Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Electronic books
• Judaism
• Judaism
• Judentum
• Philosophy & Religion
• Philosophy & Religion
• RELIGION
• RELIGION -- Biblical Criticism & Interpretation | Old Testament
• Religion
• Religion
• exégèse -- "Bible. AT" -- études diverses

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Electronic books
• études diverses

Language

eng

Summary

In April of 2001, the headline in the Los Angeles Times read, 'Doubting the Story of the Exodus.' It covered a sermon that had been delivered by the rabbi of a prominent local congregation over the holiday of Passover. In it, he said, 'The truth is that virtually every modern archeologist who has investigated the story of the exodus, with very few exceptions, agrees that the way the Bible describes the exodus is not the way it happened, if it happened at all.' This seeming challenge to the biblical story captivated the local public. Yet as the rabbi himself acknowledged, his sermon contained nothing new. The theories that he described had been common knowledge among biblical scholars for over thirty years, though few people outside of the profession know their relevance. New understandings concerning the Bible have not filtered down beyond specialists in university settings. There is a need to communicate this research to a wider public of students and educated readers outside of the academy. This volume seeks to meet this need, with chapters describing how archeology, theology, ancient studies, literary studies, feminist studies, and other disciplines now understand the Bible. --From publisher's description

Member of

• Jewish studies in the 21st century

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

221.6

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

BS1171.3

LC item number

.H43 2008eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Jewish studies in the 21st century