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The Hebrew Bible: New Insights and Scholarship (Jewish Studies in the Twenty-First Century)
Greenspahn
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Description for The Hebrew Bible: New Insights and Scholarship (Jewish Studies in the Twenty-First Century)
Paperback. Fresh understandings concerning the Bible have not filtered down beyond specialists in university settings. This volume seeks to meet this need, with chapters describing how archeology, theology, ancient studies, literary studies, feminist studies, and other disciplines understand the Bible. Editor(s): Greenspahn, Frederick E. Series: Jewish Studies in the Twenty-First Century Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 334.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Jewish Studies in the Twenty-First Century Series
Condition
New
Weight
333g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814731888
SKU
V9780814731888
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About Greenspahn
Frederick E. Greenspahn is Gimelstob Eminent Scholar of Judaic Studies at Florida Atlantic University. He is the editor of The Hebrew Bible, Women in Judaism, Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah, and Contemporary Israel, as well as author/editor of numerous other titles, including When Brothers Dwell Together.
Reviews for The Hebrew Bible: New Insights and Scholarship (Jewish Studies in the Twenty-First Century)
This collection admirably bridges the gap between biblical scholarship and lay readership, allowing laypeople to engage in the 'conversations' that have been ongoing for decades in academic circles and to 'reach their own conclusions. -Choice The goal of the present book is to try to introduce lay Jewish audiences to some of the results of modern biblical research. ... Read more