Introduction to Reading the Pentateuch

Name: Introduction to Reading the Pentateuch
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ISBN: 9781575061221

ISBN-10: 1575061228

ISBN-13: 9781575061221

Edition: 2006

Authors: Jean Louis Ska

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When Jean Louis Ska's Introduzione alla lettura del Pentateuco was first published in Italy, it was quickly hailed as the most attractive and usable introduction to the Pentateuch to appear in modern times. Because of its strengths, it was soon translated into French. The English translation published by Eisenbrauns has been completely reviewed and updated (including the bibliography) by Ska. Among the book's many strengths are its close attention to the ways in which modern cultural history has affected Pentateuchal interpretation, attention to providing the kinds of examples that are helpful to students, presentation of a good balance between the history of interpretation and the data of…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 6/30/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.84" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English




Basic questions about the Pentateuch



The five books of the Pentateuch : content and structure



Literary problems of the Pentateuch I : the legislative texts



Literary problems of the Pentateuch II : the narrative texts



Literary problems of the Pentateuch III : some redactional interventions



Exegesis of the Pentateuch : a history of research from ancient times to 1970



Recent developments in the study of the Pentateuch



Basic characteristics of ancient literature



Reference points for reading the Pentateuch



The Pentateuch and postexilic Israel