Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus : Hellenistic histories and the date of the Pentateuch /
Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus proposes a provocative new theory regarding the date and circumstances of the composition of the Pentateuch. Gmirkin argues that the Hebrew Pentateuch was composed in its entirety about 273-272 BCE by Jewish scholars at Alexandria that later traditions credit...
| Основен автор: | Gmirkin, Russell E., 1954- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
T & T Clark,
℗♭2006.
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| Серия: |
Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ;
433. Copenhagen international seminar ; 15. T & T Clark library of biblical studies. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=243787 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus. |
| Резюме: |
Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus proposes a provocative new theory regarding the date and circumstances of the composition of the Pentateuch. Gmirkin argues that the Hebrew Pentateuch was composed in its entirety about 273-272 BCE by Jewish scholars at Alexandria that later traditions credited with the Septuagint translation of the Pentateuch into Greek. The primary evidence is literary dependence of Gen. 1-11 on Berossus' Babyloniaca (278 BCE) and of the Exodus story on Manetho's Aegyptiaca (c. 285-280 BCE), and the geo-political data contained in the Table of Nations. A number of ind. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xii, 332 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-309) and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9780567134394 0567134393 |