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From Epic to Canon : History and Literature in Ancient Israel by Frank Moore Cross Jr. (1991, Hardcover)

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In From Epic to Canon, Frank Moore Cross discusses specific issues that illuminate central questions about the Hebrew Bible and those who created and preserved it. He challenges the persistent attempt to read Protestant theological polemic against law into ancient Israel. Cross uncovers the continuities between the institutions of kinship and of covenant, which he describes as "extended kinship." He examines the social structures of ancient Israel and reveals that beneath its later social and cultural accretions, the concept of covenant -- as opposed to codified law -- was a vital part of Israel's earliest institutions. He then draws parallels between the expression of kinship and covenant among the Israelites and that practiced by other ancient societies, as well as in primitive societies.

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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
0801859824
ISBN-13
9780801859823
eBay Product ID (ePID)
894724

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Language
English
Topic
Judaism / History, General, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament, Religion
Author
Frank Moore Cross Jr.
Illustrator
Yes

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9in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz

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Publication Name
From Epic to Canon : History and Literature in Ancient Israel
Lccn
98-007322
Dewey Decimal
221.6
Lc Classification Number
Bs1171.2.C77 1998
Publication Year
1991
Type
Textbook
Reviews
"Cross's study is greatly enhanced by the new evidence that has been discovered including the Dead Sea Scrolls. He carefully examines how these documents influence the way we think about the beliefs and institutions of ancient Israel."-- Front Table, "[From Epic to Canon] has a unity found in the major scholarly concerns which have characterized Cross's academic career... He has an unerring eye for questions which need to be answered and to which is it important to bring a whole range of scholarly tools, archaeological, historical and literary." -- R. Davidson, Journal of Theological Studies, "In the study of the Old Testament, perhaps no one has been a better and more stimulating scholar in the past half century than Frank Moore Cross, emeritus professor at Harvard, editor of the Dead Sea Scrolls and author of salient books and articles. Cross is one of the few who commands the whole range of the biblical field, from the second millenium BCE to the Roman period. He has embodied the model of the scholar, who is, as Shakespeare puts it in Henry VIII 'Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading. To those men who sought him sweet as summer.'."--Mark Hamliton, Stone-Campbell Journal, "This book is surely destined to become a classic, a crowning achievement to a distinguished life of scholarship."-- Biblical Archaeology Review, "A book of substantive argument, scholarly depth, textured reflection, and elegant presentation." -- Catholic Biblical Quarterly, "Distinguished scholar Cross, author of the classic Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic, uses excavations at the city of Gerizim, the Daliyeh Papyri and other archaeological finds to give fresh meaning to the reading of the Hebrew Bible... Impeccable scholarship and lucid prose make Cross's book a must-read for Hebrew Bible scholars."-- Publishers Weekly
Format
Hardcover
Dewey Edition
21
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Number of Pages
280 Pages

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