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Opening the Books of Moses presents an introduction to the first five books of the Bible. It is written for any student engaged in the scholarly study of these most central of biblical texts. The aim throughout is to examine the books with a view to illuminating the ideas, beliefs and experiences of the time. This broad overview provides: a survey of the current state of Pentateuchal research; an analysis of how the texts were shaped by their time and audience; an outline of Jewish areas in the Persian period; the study concludes with an analysis of key concerns in the study of the Pentateuch, notably the Torah, geography, ethnicity, the nature of Yahweh and other deities, theories of cult, treaties and oaths, and Moses himself.

Table of Contents:
CHAPTER 1: THE PRESENT STATE OF PENTATEUCHAL RESEARCH AND THE TASK OF THIS VOLUME CHAPTER 2: THE SHAPE, DATING AND AUDIENCE OF THE PENTATEUCH CHAPTER 3: YEHUD IN THE PERSIAN PERIOD CHAPTER 4: KEY THEMES IN THE PENTATEUCH

About the Author :
Diana Edelman is Reader in the Department of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield. She is the author of The Origins of the 'Second' Temple Persian Imperial Policy and the Rebuilding of Jerusalem (Equinox, 2005) and King Saul in the Historiography of Judah (Sheffield Academic Press, 1991) and editor of The Triumph of Elohim: From Yahwisms to Judaisms (Kok Pharos, 1995), The Fabric of History: Text, Artifact and Israel's Past (Sheffield Academic Press, 1991), and other volumes. Her research focuses on the history and archaeology of the southern Levant, the development of early forms of Judaism and the creation of authoritative biblical books. Philip R. Davies is Research Professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield, and the author of several books on topics ranging from ancient Israel, the Hebrew canon and the Dead Sea Scrolls, including In Search of Ancient Israel (Sheffield Academic Press, 1992), Scribes and Schools: The Canonization of the Hebrew Scriptures (Westminster John Knox Press 1998) and The Origins of Biblical Israel (T&T Clark). He is also the editor of numerous textbooks and collected essays, most recently On the Origins of Judaism (Equinox, 2011). Christophe Nihan is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of Lausanne. He is the author of From Priestly Torah to Pentateuch: A Study in the Composition of the Book of Leviticus (Mohr Siebeck, 2007), as well as of a range of essays and articles related to the topic of the composition of the Pentateuch and its historical background. He is also co-editor of the main introduction to the Hebrew Bible in French (Introduction a l'Ancien Testament, Labor et Fides 2004), together with a manual on methods (Manuel d'exegese de l'Ancien Testament, Labor et Fides, 2008). Thomas Romer is Professor of Hebrew Bible at the Faculty of Theology and History of Religions of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He is also Professor of Biblical Studies at the College de France, Paris. He is the author and editor of several books focusing on the Pentateuch and the Former Prophets, including The So-Called Deuteronomistic History (T & T Clark, 2006), translated into French, Italian, Japanese, and Portuguese. He has recently edited The Books of Leviticus and Numbers (Peeters, 2008).

Review :
'This Prolegomenon and the project it portends is "just what the doctor ordered" to cure the current impasse in Pentateuchal studies. If the promised series of books on the biblical Torah to follow adhere to the high standard of scholarship, simplicity of language, ease of prose, and joy-in-reading of this volume they will be extremely useful.' Jim West, Quartz Hill School of Theology


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781845536855
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: BibleWorld
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1845536851
  • Publisher Date: 28 Aug 2014
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 208
  • Weight: 380 gr


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