Traditions of the Bible

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List of contents

Contents Preface 1. The World of Ancient Biblical Interpreters 2. The Creation of the World 3. Adam and Eve 4. Cain and Abel 5. Noah and the Flood 6. The Tower of Babel 7. Abraham Journeys from Chaldea 8. Melchizedek 9. The Trials of Abraham 10. Lot and Lot's Wife 11. Jacob and Esau 12. Jacob and the Angel 13. Dinah 14. Joseph's Ups and Downs 15. Jacob's Sons in Egypt 16. Growing Up in Pharaoh's Court 17. The Exodus from Egypt 18. The Red Sea 19. Into the Wilderness 20. At Mt. Sinai 21. The Golden Calf 22. Worship in the Wilderness 23. Trouble along the Way 24. The Bronze Serpent, Balaam, and Phinehas 25. The Life of Torah 26. Afterword

About the author

James L. Kugel is a Professor at Bar-Ilan University.

Summary

Kugel’s The Bible As It Was has been universally praised. Here is the full scholarly edition, expanding the author’s findings into an incomparable reference. Focusing on 24 core stories in the Pentateuch, Kugel shows us how the earliest interpreters of the scriptures radically transformed the Bible and made it into the book we know today.

Product details

• Authors: James Kugel, James L Kugel, James L. Kugel, Kugel James L.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.1999
• EAN: 9780674791510
• ISBN: 978-0-674-79151-0
• No. of pages: 1080
• Dimensions: 172 mm x 260 mm x 57 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; REFERENCE / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Christianity, Religion & beliefs, Judaism, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts