6 x 9 in. Cloth and paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; no wear, cloth has some damp-spotting. Binding tight and text unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; clean but rubbed. Rel. Stax.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

THE BOOK OF J

Publisher

Grove Weidenfeld, New York

Publication Date

1990

Language

English

ISBN 10

0802110509

ISBN 13

9780802110503

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First edition, as stated.

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

very good

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Translates and interprets the portions of the Pentateuch which derive from an ancient work known as the "J" document, the earliest known version of the Pentateuch

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Modern biblical critics have called the author of the oldest texts in the Hebrew Bible J, standing for Jahweh. Bloom and translator Rosenberg, authors of many works of literary criticism and of Jewish and biblical studies, have collaborated on a clear but controversial translation and analysis of parts of the Pentateuch using the term Jahweh. Bloom claims that the author of J was a woman, living in or at the time of the Solomonic court, 950-900 B.C.E., who wrote these selections not as a religious or historical treatise but as a literary work that Bloom compares to Shakespeare. While Rosenberg's translation is both modern and moving, he has made significant changes in the meanings of the Hebrew text. The proofs offered for these theories are no substitute for hard evidence. Nevertheless, The Book of J deserves consideration as a literary work.
- Maurice Tuchman, Hebrew Coll. Lib., Brookline, Mass.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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