LEADER 04253nam 2200577 450 001 9910792206203321 005 20230803194638.0 010 $a0-300-20685-2 010 $a9780300206852 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300206852 035 $a(CKB)2560000000315247 035 $a(EBL)4585774 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001400622 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12611131 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001400622 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11338892 035 $a(PQKB)11505315 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4585774 035 $a(DE-B1597)486167 035 $a(OCoLC)880959915 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300206852 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4585774 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11234888 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000315247 100 $a20160804h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHow the Bible became holy /$fMichael L. Satlow 210 1$aNew Haven, [Connecticut] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cYale University Press,$d2014. 210 4$d©2014 215 $a1 online resource (350 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-300-17191-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tNote on Documentation and Sources --$tMap --$tIntroduction --$t1 The Northern Kingdom: Israel, 922-722 BCE --$t2 The Writings of Judah: Judah, 722-586 BCE --$t3 The Second Commonwealth: Babylonia, Persia, and Yehud, 586-520 BCE --$t4 Ezra and the Pentateuch: Persia and Yehud, 520-458 BCE --$t5 Nehemiah to Chronicles: Yehud and Elephantine, 445-350 BCE --$t6 The Dawn of Hellenism: Judea, 350-175 BCE --$t7 The Maccabean Revolt: Judea, 175-135 BCE --$t8 The Holy Books: Judea, 135-104 BCE --$t9 The Septuagint: Alexandria, Third Century BCE-First Century CE --$t10 The Sadducees and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Judea, 104-103 BCE --$t11 Jesus and the Synagogue: Judea and Galilee, 4 BCE-30 CE --$t12 Paul: Jerusalem And Abroad, 37-66 CE --$t13 The Gospels: Judea, 66-100 CE --$t14 Early Christians: Rome and Egypt, 100-200 CE --$t15 The Rabbis: Judea, 100-220 CE --$tEpilogue --$tChronology --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tAcknowledgments --$tGeneral Index --$tIndex of Scripture and other Ancient Sources 330 $aIn this sweeping narrative, Michael Satlow tells the fascinating story of how an ancient collection of obscure Israelite writings became the founding texts of both Judaism and Christianity, considered holy by followers of each faith. Drawing on cutting-edge historical and archeological research, he traces the story of how, when, and why Jews and Christians gradually granted authority to texts that had long lay dormant in a dusty temple archive. The Bible, Satlow maintains, was not the consecrated book it is now until quite late in its history. He describes how elite scribes in the eighth and seventh centuries B.C.E. began the process that led to the creation of several of our biblical texts. It was not until these were translated into Greek in Egypt in the second century B.C.E., however, that some Jews began to see them as culturally authoritative, comparable to Homer's works in contemporary Greek society. Then, in the first century B.C.E. in Israel, political machinations resulted in the Sadducees assigning legal power to the writings. We see how the world Jesus was born into was largely biblically illiterate and how he knew very little about the texts upon which his apostles would base his spiritual leadership. Synthesizing an enormous body of scholarly work, Satlow's groundbreaking study offers provocative new assertions about commonly accepted interpretations of biblical history as well as a unique window into how two of the world's great faiths came into being. 606 $aRELIGION / Biblical Studies / History & Culture$2bisacsh 615 7$aRELIGION / Biblical Studies / History & Culture. 676 $a220.1 700 $aSatlow$b Michael L.$0968554 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bCaOLH 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792206203321 996 $aHow the Bible became holy$93825768 997 $aUNINA