Joseph's Bones: Understanding the Struggle Between God and Mankind in the BiblePenguin, 15 de mar. de 2007 - 320 páginas “A work of stunning originality . . . Nothing quite like it has appeared in years.”—Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography In this groundbreaking book, Jerome Segal offers a fresh and vigorous reexamination of the oldest part of the Bible. What if we knew nothing about Judaism or Christianity and one day picked up the first six books of the Bible? How could we possibly understand them? Who is God? Who are the Israelites? What is the relationship between God and humanity? Segal maintains that to approach the Bible from this perspective—one framed by the story of the Israelites’ fidelity to Joseph—is to find something unexpected: an account of the human condition that reads like an existential novel about the struggle of mankind against the unpredictable and often unwarranted wrath of God. A radically new way of understanding the Bible and a brilliant exploration of it, Joseph’s Bones is a rarity in Biblical interpretation: brilliant, rigorously argued, and thoroughly original. “Joseph’s Bones makes [an] audacious argument. . . . Reading the Bible as a novel about the struggle between God and humankind, Segal produces a work of interpretation that is itself novelistic in its humanistic vision and emotional force.”—Naomi Seidman, author of Faithful Renderings “Perceptive and intelligent.”—Booklist “Arrestingly original.”—Tikkun “Compelling . . . transforming.”—Forward |
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... understanding of the Hebrew Bible, it can affect how the Christian Bible is read as well, casting the Jesus story in a new light. This I discuss in the Afterword. 7. The Nephilim, introduced in Genesis, are the offspring of.
... understanding of the Hebrew Bible, it can affect how the Christian Bible is read as well, casting the Jesus story in a new light. This I discuss in the Afterword. 7. The Nephilim, introduced in Genesis, are the offspring of.
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... Jesus were embroiled in debate over whether God still required circumcision of the penis—some pressing a dichotomy between the spirit of the law and the letter of the law. Moses, of course, does not teach “circumcision” of the heart as ...
... Jesus were embroiled in debate over whether God still required circumcision of the penis—some pressing a dichotomy between the spirit of the law and the letter of the law. Moses, of course, does not teach “circumcision” of the heart as ...
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... ! Look intently, but you shall know nothing.” I thank my colleague Peter Levine for calling attention to the fact that I have made this reversal about who understands the Torah. 1. The name Jesus is itself a Latin translation of.
... ! Look intently, but you shall know nothing.” I thank my colleague Peter Levine for calling attention to the fact that I have made this reversal about who understands the Torah. 1. The name Jesus is itself a Latin translation of.
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... Jesus is itself a Latin translation of a Greek translation of the Hebrew name for Joshua, Yehoshua, or Yeshua. See Jack Miles, Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001), p. 11. 3. This Hebrew term is not used ...
... Jesus is itself a Latin translation of a Greek translation of the Hebrew name for Joshua, Yehoshua, or Yeshua. See Jack Miles, Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001), p. 11. 3. This Hebrew term is not used ...
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Understanding the Struggle Between God and Mankind in the Bible Jerome M. Segal. 5. Mark 2:27. 6. One hundred years after the death of Jesus, the.
Understanding the Struggle Between God and Mankind in the Bible Jerome M. Segal. 5. Mark 2:27. 6. One hundred years after the death of Jesus, the.
Conteúdo
READING WITH FRESH EYES | 273 |
THE MORAL ORDER | 301 |
THE STRUGGLE IN THE DESERT | 372 |
LEVITICUS WITHIN THE NARRATIVE | 411 |
THE LIFE AND TRAGEDY OF MOSES | 433 |
IMPLICATIONS OF THIS READING FOR THE JESUS STORY | 500 |
Reflections on Who Wrote the Bible | 515 |
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