Genesis

E. A. Speiser (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

454 Seiten

1963
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-14025-5 (ISBN)

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Uses evidence from archaeology, linguistics, and comparative religion, to present some conclusions about the first book of the Bible. This book attempts to prove, for example, that the famous opening phrase, 'In the beginning,' is not true to the meaning of the first word, and that the designation 'Torah' for the Pentateuch is a misnomer.

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."

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.12.2007
Reihe/Serie	The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 241 mm
Gewicht	816 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	0-300-14025-8 / 0300140258
ISBN-13	978-0-300-14025-5 / 9780300140255
Zustand	Neuware