Traditions of the Bible
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Traditions of the Bible

James L. Kugel

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Traditions of the Bible

James L. Kugel

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About This Book

James Kugel's The Bible As It Was (1997) has been welcomed with universal praise. Here now is the full scholarly edition of this wonderfully rich and illuminating work, expanding the author's findings into an incomparable reference work.Focusing on two dozen core stories in the Pentateuch--from the Creation and Tree of Knowledge through the Exodus from Egypt and journey to the Promised Land--James Kugel shows us how the earliest interpreters of the scriptures radically transformed the Bible and made it into the book that has come down to us today. Kugel explains how and why the writers of this formative age of interpretation--roughly 200 B.C.E. to 150 C.E.--assumed such a significant role. Mining their writings--including the Dead Sea Scrolls, works of Philo and Josephus and letters of the Apostle Paul, and writings of the Apostolic Fathers and the rabbinic Sages--he quotes for us the seminal passages that uncover this crucial interpretive process.For this full-scale reference work Kugel has added a substantial treasury of sources and passages for each of the 24 Bible stories. It will serve as a unique guide and sourcebook for biblical interpretation.

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Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9780674039766
Topic
Théologie et religion
Subtopic
Critique et interprétation bibliques

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. 1. The World of Ancient Biblical Interpreters
  4. 2. The Creation of the World
  5. 3. Adam and Eve
  6. 4. Cain and Abel
  7. 5. Noah and the Flood
  8. 6. The Tower of Babel
  9. 7. Abraham Journeys from Chaldea
  10. 8. Melchizedek
  11. 9. The Trials of Abraham
  12. 10. Lot and Lot's Wife
  13. 11. Jacob and Esau
  14. 12. Jacob and the Angel
  15. 13. Dinah
  16. 14. Joseph's Ups and Downs
  17. 15. Jacob's Sons in Egypt
  18. 16. Growing Up in Pharaoh's Court
  19. 17. The Exodus from Egypt
  20. 18. The Red Sea
  21. 19. Into the Wilderness
  22. 20. At Mt. Sinai
  23. 21. The Golden Calf
  24. 22. Worship in the Wilderness
  25. 23. Trouble along the Way
  26. 24. The Bronze Serpent, Balaam, and Phinehas
  27. 25. The Life of Torah
  28. 26. Afterword
Citation styles for Traditions of the Bible

APA 6 Citation

Kugel, J. (2009). Traditions of the Bible ([edition unavailable]). Harvard University Press. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/1147557/traditions-of-the-bible-pdf (Original work published 2009)

Chicago Citation

Kugel, James. (2009) 2009. Traditions of the Bible. [Edition unavailable]. Harvard University Press. https://www.perlego.com/book/1147557/traditions-of-the-bible-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Kugel, J. (2009) Traditions of the Bible. [edition unavailable]. Harvard University Press. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/1147557/traditions-of-the-bible-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Kugel, James. Traditions of the Bible. [edition unavailable]. Harvard University Press, 2009. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.