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Description edit
"This book...is designed to make the Bible of Israel intelligible, relevant, and hopefully, inspiring to a sophisticated generation, possessed of intellectual curiosity and ethical sensitivity...It is based on the belief that the study of the Book of Books must constitute a mature intellectual... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Jacobsen: Add a description of this character.
- Joseph
- Abraham
- Haran
- Isaac
- Sarah
- Cain
- Vergote
- Gilgamesh
- Ishmael
- E. A. Speiser
- Kaufmann
- Gen
- F. Albright
- R. De Vaux
- Adam
- Terah
- C. H. Gordon
- Mari
- Janssen
- Hagar
- Abel
- Utnapishtim
- Laban
- Rachel
- Abram
- Rebekah
- Gomorrah
- Tiamat
- Judah
- Beth Mikra
- O. Ibid
- Reuben
- O. Cf
- Berossus
- A. Parrot
- Kramer
- God Himself
- Joshua
- Hittite
- Levi
- Wright
- J. Pedersen
- Ezekiel
- Simeon
First Sentence edit
The Bible does not constitute an ideological monolith.
Awards edit
- National Jewish Book Awards (1967: Jewish Thought)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 296
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