The Books of Moses Revisited
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The Books of Moses Revisited

  1. 188 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

The Books of Moses Revisited

About this book

Who wrote the first five books of the Bible? Does it really matter who did? The Books of Moses Revisited explores this question by comparing the covenants of Exodus/Leviticus and Deuteronomy with the inter-state treaties of the late second millennium BC. Some compelling similarities come to light, both in the pattern adopted and in many small details. Lawrence clearly demonstrates this with many examples and diagrams, yet without assuming that readers possess a detailed knowledge of ancient history and linguistics. Despite the entrenchment of the widely held theory--the so-called Documentary Hypothesis--that the first five books of the Bible were the product of an anonymous editor living many centuries after Moses, this book argues that the first five books of the Bible bear many hallmarks of being late second millennium BC compositions and that Moses should not be ruled out as being the author. The book also explores how several ancient texts--the Egyptian Story of Sinuhe, the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, and Homer's Iliad and Odyssey--were transmitted in antiquity and suggests that a similar process also lies behind the transmission of the first five books of the Bible.

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Information

Publisher
Wipf and Stock
Year
2011
eBook ISBN
9781498269926
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Religion

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Abbreviations
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1: Moses and the Pentateuch
  6. Chapter 2: The World of Moses
  7. Chapter 3: Genesis
  8. Chapter 4: Patterns in the Pentateuchal Covenants and the Late Second Millennium Hittite Treaties
  9. Chapter 5: Detail, Detail: The Heart of the Matter
  10. Chapter 6: The Rest of the Pentateuch
  11. Chapter 7: On Kidnapping, Oxen, and Fruit Trees
  12. Chapter 8: Wider Horizons
  13. Chapter 9: Conclusion
  14. Appendix 1: Chronology
  15. Appendix 2: List of Ancient Law Collections and Treaties
  16. Appendix 3: A Possible Outline of the Pentateuch
  17. Bibliography