The Hebrew Bible Reborn From Holy Scripture to the Book of Books. A History of Biblical Culture and the Battles over the Bible in Modern Judaism

Shavit, Yaacov/ Eran, Mordechai/ Naor, Chaya (Translator)

ISBN 10: 3110191415 / ISBN 13: 9783110191417

Published by Walter De Gruyter Inc, 2007

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566 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Hebrew Bible Reborn From Holy Scripture to the Book of Books. A History of Biblical Culture and the Battles over the Bible in Modern Judaism
• Publisher: Walter De Gruyter Inc
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110191415
• ISBN 13: 9783110191417
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.67 kilograms

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Synopsis

This work, the first of its kind, describes all the aspects of the Bible revolution in Jewish history in the last two hundred years, as well as the emergence of the new biblical culture.

It describes the circumstances and processes that turned Holy Scripture into the Book of Books and into the history of the biblical period and of the people – the Jewish people. It deals with the encounter of the Jews with modern biblical criticism and the archaeological research of the Ancient Near East and with contemporary archaeology.

The middle section discusses the extensive involvement of educated Jews in the Bible-Babel polemic at the start of the twentieth century, which it treats as a typological event.

The last section describes at length various aspects of the key status assigned to the Bible in the new Jewish culture in Europe, and particularly in modern Jewish Palestine, as a “guide to life” in education, culture and politics, as well as part of the attempt to create a new Jewish man, and as a source of inspiration for various creative arts.

About the Author

Yaacov Shavit, Tel Aviv University, Israel;Mordechai Eran , Tel Aviv, Israel.