About this title: This is an attempt to discover the authorship of the Bible by a Bible scholar and linguist who uses his understanding of the ancient world together with archaeological evidence and literary analysis to discover clues to the identity of the writers. The author claims that he has discovered who those writers were, that some of them knew each other ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Book is in good reading condition. Cover has wear at edges and corners. Spine has wear at edges. Dust jacket has some wear. read more
Description: Acceptable. Book is in good reading condition. Cover has wear at edges and corners, and may have creases. Spine has wear at edges and creases. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperOne
Date Published: 3/21/1997
ISBN-13:9780060630355ISBN:0060630353
Description: Fine. 0060630353 NEW/UNREAD! ! ! Text is Clean and Unmarked! --Be Sure to Compare Seller Feedback and Ratings before Purchasing--Has a small black line on bottom/exterior edge of pages. May have light shelf wear to cover from storage, if any. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Summit Books
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780671631611ISBN:0671631616
Description: Very good in good dust jacket. Hardcover; VG condition; Printed Text is VG+; an approx. 2" scratch on front DJ; otherwise light shelfwear; (shelf G161); 299p; For over 2, 000 years people have been reading the Bible. They have studied it, admired it, argued about it, and died for it. But no one knows who wrote it or why". read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Summit
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780671631611ISBN:0671631616
Description: 0671631616. Very good in very good dust jacket. Looks new: clean, tight, no marks, writing, tears, or edgewear; attractive pastel DJ; bumped spine ends.; 8.5 x 5.5 inches; 299 p. With notes, index, maps.; "A new paradigm for understanding the composition of the Bible. " read more
Description: Fine; Collectible. Stated First Perennial Library Edition published in 1989 by HarperCollins, a fine 299-page paperback (as pictured), unread, unused, clean and unmarked, this copy is like new. (440) read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Light edge wear to covers. Slight corner curl. Clean and unmarked text, NO creasing to spine, tight binding. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 304 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Book of the Month Club Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Summit Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780671631611ISBN:0671631616
Description: Very Good. Bible Studies. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. For centuries scholars have assembled small pieces of an enormous puzzle. Now, modern research and recent archaeological discoveries offer answers to the mystery of who wrote the Bible. This book is in very good condition and appears unread. read more
"This is a readable, fascinating book that helped me in many ways. First it explains why I have such difficulty reading and understanding the Bible. It also helps explain the original sources coordinated with the interesting history and social conditions of the times during which the Old Testament was written. And finally it produces a better depth of understanding of the questions all men have had about how they relate to their God and Creator, how they relate to themselves and others and indeed all creation."
"I "borrowed" this book from my folks, without a clue as to its position on who authored the Bible. You know, the whole avoiding judgment on the cover thing. Would this be an attack on the Judeo-Christian tradition, along the lines of atheist manifestos recently en vogue, or would it be a feel-good, warm-fuzzy kind of treatment, leaving unanswered questions about the Bible's authenticity?
Richard Elliott Friedman, I was happy to discover, uses rigorous and, at times, ingenious methods of scholarship and literary analysis to come to his conclusions. Without spoiling it for you, Friedman explains the motivations and world views, among other things, of the authors or compilers of the Old Testament from Genesis to 2 Chronicles, and he brings the events and stories and figures of the Old Testament to life. Part of the book is a little dry and scholarly, but that's a very small price to pay for what you get out of the book.
It's an entertaining read, sort of like a mystery novel in a way. Whodunnit? You'll be enlightened and entertained to find out."
"The first few pages of the introduction had me skeptical I would not get into this book, but man was I wrong. I find myself looking forward to getting home and cracking it open. Really cool stuff!
Wow! This book was fantastic. The history of J, E, D and P and the author's hypothesis on who wrote the books and why th redactor put them together in such a way is well derived and adequately supported. Even more, the material is not dry at all. Not once was the material dry and in fact the end of each chapter compelled me to start the next.
I like the way the book was segmented into short parts per chapter. If you had to put the book down for other things this made for easy pause points.
I am looking forward to reading more books by Richard Elliott Friedman."
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