Bible As It Was

Name: Bible As It Was
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ISBN: 9780674069411

ISBN-10: 0674069412

ISBN-13: 9780674069411

Edition: 1997

Authors: James L. Kugel

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This is a guide to the Hebrew Bible unlike any other. James Kugel shows how a group of anonymous, ancient interpreters radically transformed the Bible and made it into the book that has come down to us today.

Book details

List price: $38.50
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 11/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 696
Size: 6.50" wide x 10.00" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 2.618
Language: English



Preface



The World of Ancient Biblical Interpreters



The Creation of the World



Adam and Eve



Cain and Abel



Noah and the Flood



The Tower of Babel



Abraham Journeys from Chaldea



Melchizedek



The Trials of Abraham



Lot and Lot's Wife



Jacob and Esau



Jacob and the Angel



Dinah



Joseph's Ups and Downs



Jacob's Sons in Egypt



Growing Up in Pharaoh's Court



The Exodus from Egypt



The Red Sea



Into the Wilderness



At Mt. Sinai



The Golden Calf



Worship in the Wilderness



Trouble along the Way



The Bronze Serpent, Balaam, and Phinehas



The Life of Torah



Afterword


Abbreviations


Terms and Sources


Bibliography


Illustration Credits


Index