The Original Torah : : The Political Intent of the Bible's Writers / / S. David Sperling.
Is the Torah true? Do the five books of Moses provide an accurate historical account of the people of ancient Israel’s origins? In The Original Torah, S. David Sperling argues that, while there is no archeological evidence to support much of the activity chronicled in the Torah, a historical reality...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1998] ©1998 |
Year of Publication: | 1998 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Reappraisals Jewish Social History
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Chronological Table
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1. It Says in the Torah
- CHAPTER 2. History and Allegory
- CHAPTER 3. The Allegory of Servitude in Egypt and the Exodus
- CHAPTER 4. Yahweh's Berit (Covenant): Which Came First—Sex or Politics?
- CHAPTER 5. Abraham
- CHAPTER 6. Jacob, Jeroboam, and Joseph
- CHAPTER 7. Aaron
- CHAPTER 8. Moses
- Afterword
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author