How to Read the Jewish Bible

Name: How to Read the Jewish Bible
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ISBN: 9780195325225

ISBN-10: 0195325222

ISBN-13: 9780195325225

Edition: 2007

Authors: Marc Zvi Brettler

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While social and cultural historians of imperial India have enhanced our knowledge of how British men and women made their lives and careers in the Empire, the wider family practices that lay behind Britain's presence in India have received scant attention to date. 'Empire Families' brings these to the fore by focusing on child-rearing patterns and family experiences taking place on both British and Indian soil, as well as the life course these men and women took.Family conduct is significant in the class, racial, and cultural dimensions of the colonial community between the late nineteenth century and decolonization in 1947. What is more, it helps explain how, and why, so many families…

Book details

List price: $22.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.10" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Preface to the paperback edition


Preface


Abbreviations


Reading as a Jew and as a Scholar


What is the Bible, Anyway?


The Art of Reading the Bible


A Brief History of Israel


With Scissors and Paste: The Source of Genesis-Creation vs. Creationism: Genesis 1-3 as Myth


The Ancestors as Heroes-Biblical Law: Codes and Collections Incense is Offensive to Me: The Cult in Ancient Israel


""In the Fortieth YearMoses Addressed the Israelites"": Deuteronomy


""The Walls Came Tumbling Down"": Reading