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Title: The Bible with Sources Revealed by Richard E. Friedman ISBN: 0-06-053069-3 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 25 November, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Summary: The Best new scholarship on the five books of Moses
Comment: This is the best new research published on the origins of the five books of Moses in some time. As most anyone interested in biblical scholarship is aware the five books of Moses comprise the Torah and the number of Hebrew letters in the Torah has always remained the same since it was first recorded into its present form. Thus one can be assured that when you read the bible(whether it be the Hebrew, Catholic or King James) you are receiving the same stories, with some translation difference in English. The question this book delves into is the question of how the Torah came to be and why so many contradictions and repetitions appear in the five books of Moses. As an example; why is the story of the creation of earth told twice? This author is at the forefront of biblical(old testament) scholarship by showing that in fact the five books of Moses are most likely a series of different books combined and then redacted into one form. There is the Books of J and E and then there are additions and some commentary in a book of D(Deuteronomy) and a further layover of the Redactor who brought these varied books together.
The argument here is relatively simple, if far fetched for those not familiar with it, namely that two bibles existed in ancient Israel Books J and E. These most likely were due to the civil war between the two Jewish states(Southern and Northern). The author presents his case clearly, if briefly, and explains that these two books were combined to form the beginning of the modern day Torah. Yet the chapter of Leviticus was later edited to be made mostly a legal diatribe on the Rabbinical Priesthood, while Deuteronomy was edited to be put in line with Samuel and the god/Israel relationship. A redactor was able to combine these varied plots and lobby's to create the text we know to be the Torah and the one that we know to be correct, one that has existed for three thousand years(plus or minus a few hundred). No other religious book comes close to the Torah in its exactness, for instance the New testament is retranslated and seemingly changed every few decades. Rest assured this book is a revolutionary look at the origins of monotheism but a quick flip through and you will see this is a must have as a companion to any biblical research. A must have and a joy to read this will open your eyes to biblical scholarship and shed light on the imprint man has given the interpretation of God. An essential work by an eminent scholar.
Seth J. Frantzman
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Title: Who Wrote the Bible? by Richard E. Friedman ISBN: 0060630353 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 07 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Hidden Book in the Bible by Richard E. Friedman ISBN: 0060630043 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Jewish Study Bible: Tanakh Translation, Torah, Nevi'Im, Kethuvim by Adele Berlin, Marc Zvi Brettler, Michael Fishbane ISBN: 0195297512 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: January, 2004 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Commentary on the Torah by Richard E. Friedman ISBN: 0060507179 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 15 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Hidden Face of God by Richard E. Friedman ISBN: 006062258X Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 13 December, 1996 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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