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The birth of God : the Bible and the historian / Jean Bottéro ; translated by Kees W. Bolle.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BS1173 .B6813 2000
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Penn Museum Library BS1173 .B6813 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bottéro, Jean.
- Series:
- Hermeneutics, studies in the history of religions (University Park, Pa.)
- Hermeneutics, studies in the history of religions
- Standardized Title:
- Naissance de Dieu. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 214 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- For many people today, the Hebrew Bible is the one supreme channel through which the Word of God was transmitted to humanity. In The Birth of God, Jean Bott$ero, one of the great figures in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, approaches the Bible from a different perspective. He sees in it an astounding variety of documents that reveal much of their time of origin, historical events, and climates of thought. Therefore, we owe to the Bible at least the same respect we give to Homer, Shakespeare, and other classics of world literature.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-206) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0271020601
- 027102061X
- OCLC:
- 43333590
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