Genesis: Introduction, Translation, and Notes (The Anchor Bible, Vol. 1)
Language: English
Published by Anchor Bible, 1964
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- Title
- Genesis: Introduction, Translation, and Notes (The Anchor Bible, Vol. 1)
- Author
- E. A. Speiser
- Publisher
- Anchor Bible
- Publication year
- 1964
- Condition
- Used: Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0385008546
- ISBN 13
- 9780385008549
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."
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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."
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