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TitleGenesis : Introduction, translation and notes [electronic resource]
AuthorSpeiser, E. A.
Call NoDTL 222.1107 SPE
CollectionEbook
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International Standard Book Number 9780300261851
Dewey Decimal Classification Number DTL 222.1107 SPE
Personal Name Speiser, E. A.
Title Statement Genesis : Introduction, translation and notes [electronic resource]
Imprint New Haven : Yale University Press, 2021.
Physical Description eBook
Series Statement - Title Anchor Bible, 1.
General Note Includes Index and Bibliographical References.
Summary, Etc. Genesis is Volume I in the Anchor Bible series of new book-by-book translations of the Old and New Testaments and Apocrypha. Ephraim Avigdor Speiser was University Professor and Chairman of the Department of Oriental Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Using authoritative evidence from archaeology, linguistics, and comparative religion, the author presents some startling conclusions about the first book of the Bible. He proves, for example, that the famous opening phrase, "In the beginning," is not true to the meaning of the first word, that the designation "Torah" for the Pentateuch is a misnomer, that the best-known stories of Genesis are grounded in pagan mythology. Speiser is an iconoclast in the tradition of Abraham; he exposes the false in order to help achieve truth. As he says in his introduction, he "is not motivated by mere pedantry ... but by the hope that each new insight may bring us that much closer to the secret of the Bible's universal and enduring appeal."
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term BIBLE.O.T. - GENESIS - COMMENTARIES.
Electronic Location and Access http://thedtl.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1269240752 DTL ePlatform Full text - Book opens through link in DTL DTL