The Book of Revolutions
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The Book of Revolutions

The Battles of Priests, Prophets, and Kings That Birthed the Torah

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The Book of Revolutions

The Battles of Priests, Prophets, and Kings That Birthed the Torah

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2023 Top Five Reference Book from the Academy of Parish Clergy The Torah is truly the Book of Revolutions, born from a military coup (the Northern Israelite revolution), the aftermath of an assassination and regency (a Judean revolution), and a quiet but radical revolution effected by outsiders whose ideas proved persuasive (Babylonian exile). Emerging from each of these were three key legal codes—the Covenant Code (Exodus), the Deuteronomic Code (Deuteronomy), and the Holiness Code (Leviticus)—which in turn shaped the Bible, biblical Judaism, and Judaism today. In dramatic historical accounts grounded in recent Bible scholarship, Edward Feld unveils the epic saga of ancient Israel as the visionary legacy of inspired authors in different times and places. Prophetic teaching and differing social realities shaped new understandings concretized in these law codes. Revolutionary biblical ideas often encountered great difficulties in their time before they triumphed. Eventually master editors wove the threads together, intentionally preserving competing narratives and law codes. Ultimately, the Torah is an emblem of pluralistic belief born of revolutionary moments that preserved spiritual realities that continue to speak powerfully to us today.

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Publisher
The Jewish Publication Society
Year
2022
ISBN
9780827618961
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Jewish Theology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Contents
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Introduction
  10. Prelude
  11. Part 1
  12. Part 2
  13. Part 3
  14. Part 4. The Last Revolution
  15. Notes
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index
  18. About Edward Feld