Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus : Hellenistic histories and the date of the Pentateuch /

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Author / Creator:	Gmirkin, Russell E., 1954-
Imprint:	New York : T & T Clark, ©2006.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 332 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 433 Copenhagen international series ; 15 T & T Clark library of biblical studies Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 433. Copenhagen international seminar ; 15. T & T Clark library of biblical studies.
Subject:	Berosus, -- the Chaldean. -- Babylōniaka. Manetho. -- Aegyptiaca. Bible. -- Pentateuch -- Authorship. Aegyptiaca (Manetho) Babylōniaka (Berosus, the Chaldean) Bible. -- Pentateuch. Greek literature, Hellenistic -- History and criticism. Documentary hypothesis (Pentateuchal criticism) Authorship. Documentary hypothesis (Pentateuchal criticism) Greek literature, Hellenistic. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11183317

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ISBN:	9780567134394 0567134393 9780567025920 0567025926
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-309) and indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus proposes a provocative new theory regarding the date and circumstances of the composition of the Pentateuch. Gmirkin argues that the Hebrew Pentateuch was composed in its entirety about 273-272 BCE by Jewish scholars at Alexandria that later traditions credited with the Septuagint translation of the Pentateuch into Greek. The primary evidence is literary dependence of Gen. 1-11 on Berossus' Babyloniaca (278 BCE) and of the Exodus story on Manetho's Aegyptiaca (c. 285-280 BCE), and the geo-political data contained in the Table of Nations. A number of ind.
Other form:	Print version: Gmirkin, Russell E., 1954- Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus. New York : T & T Clark, ©2006 0567025926 9780567025920

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