Jacob's tears : the priestly work of reconciliation /

Who is Israel? Who were the priestly authors of the Pentateuch? This anthropological reading of the Bible starts by asking why the Book of Numbers lists the 12 tribes of Israel seven times.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006, ©2004.
Subjects:
Bible. > Pentateuch > Authorship.
Bible. > Pentateuch > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Pentateuque > Critique, interprétation, etc.
Bible. > Pentateuch.
Bibel > Pentateuch
To 70
Jews > History > To 70 A.D.
Juifs > Histoire > Jusqu'à 70.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
Jews.
Authorship.
Politics and government
Middle East.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Counting and recounting Jacob's twelve sons
  • Jacob weeping for Joseph
  • Ezra reduces all Israel to Judah
  • Balaam delivers God's blessings on all Israel
  • Problems in reading the priestly books
  • The bodyhouse cosmogram
  • Uncleanness and taboo draw the lines of the world
  • One god, no ancestors, in a world renewed.

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