LEADER 03758nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910778570603321 005 20220725193120.0 010 $a0-674-03976-9 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674039766 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805667 035 $a(OCoLC)646832506 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10331330 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000261052 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11218603 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000261052 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10243503 035 $a(PQKB)10364313 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300744 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10331330 035 $a(OCoLC)923116823 035 $a(DE-B1597)589738 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674039766 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300744 035 $a(OCoLC)1322124199 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805667 100 $a19980527d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTraditions of the Bible$b[electronic resource] $ea guide to the Bible as it was at the start of the common era /$fJames L. Kugel 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d1998 215 $a1 online resource (1078 p.) 300 $aRev. ed. of: The Bible as it was. 1997. 311 $a0-674-79151-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 951-980) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $t1 The World of Ancient Biblical Interpreters -- $t2 The Creation of the World -- $t3 Adam and Eve -- $t4 Cain and Abel -- $t5 Noah and the Flood -- $t6 The Tower of Babel -- $t7 Abraham Journeys from Chaldea -- $t8 Melchizedek -- $t9 The Trials of Abraham -- $t10 Lot and Lot's Wife -- $t11 Jacob and Esau -- $t12 Jacob and the Angel -- $t13 Dinah -- $t14 Joseph's Ups and Downs -- $t15 Jacob's Sons in Egypt -- $t16 Growing Up in Pharaoh's Court -- $t17 The Exodus from Egypt -- $t18 The Red Sea -- $t19 Into the Wilderness -- $t20 At Mt. Sinai -- $t21 The Golden Calf -- $t22 Worship in the Wilderness -- $t23 Trouble along the Way -- $t24 The Bronze Serpent, Balaam, and Phinehas -- $t25 The Life of Torah -- $t26 Afterword -- $tAbbreviations -- $tTerms and Sources -- $tBibliography of Works Cited -- $tIllustration Credits -- $tIndex 330 $aJames Kugel's The Bible As It Was (1997) has been welcomed with universal praise. Here now is the full scholarly edition of this wonderfully rich and illuminating work, expanding the author's findings into an incomparable reference work. Focusing on two dozen core stories in the Pentateuch--from the Creation and Tree of Knowledge through the Exodus from Egypt and journey to the Promised Land--James Kugel shows us how the earliest interpreters of the scriptures radically transformed the Bible and made it into the book that has come down to us today. Kugel explains how and why the writers of this formative age of interpretation--roughly 200 B.C.E. to 150 C.E.--assumed such a significant role. Mining their writings--including the Dead Sea Scrolls, works of Philo and Josephus and letters of the Apostle Paul, and writings of the Apostolic Fathers and the rabbinic Sages--he "es for us the seminal passages that uncover this crucial interpretive process. For this full-scale reference work Kugel has added a substantial treasury of sources and passages for each of the 24 Bible stories. It will serve as a unique guide and sourcebook for biblical interpretation. 606 $aTheology 615 0$aTheology. 676 $a222/.106/09 700 $aKugel$b James L$0620948 701 $aKugel$b James L$0620948 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778570603321 996 $aTraditions of the Bible$93843641 997 $aUNINA