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Author Kugel, James L., author.

Title The Bible as it was / James L. Kugel.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1997.

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 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  222 KUGEL    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  222.106 KUGEL    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  222.106 KUGEL    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 680 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 617-646) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary "This is a companion to the Bible like no other. Leading us chapter by chapter through key biblical stories - from Creation and the Tree of Knowledge through the Exodus from Egypt and journey to the Promised Land - 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. Here, for the first time, we can witness the development of the Bible "As It Was" at the start of the common era - the Bible as we know it."--Jacket.
Subject Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. Pentateuch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History.
Bible. Old Testament.; Pentateuch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History.
Bible. Old Testament. (OCoLC)fst01808092
Bible. Pentateuch. (OCoLC)fst01808093
Pentateuch. (DE-588)4045113-6
Oude Testament.
Pentateuch.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Online version: Kugel, James L. Bible as it was. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1997 (OCoLC)605060053
ISBN 0674069404 (alk. paper)
9780674069404 (alk. paper)
0674069412
9780674069411
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