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 /

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Author / Creator:Shaviṭ, Yaʻaḳov, 1944-
Imprint:Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, ©2007.
Description:1 online resource (x, 566 pages)
Language:English
Series:Studia Judaica : forschungen zur Wissenschaft des Judentums, 0585-5306 ; Bd. 38
Studia Judaica (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ; Bd. 38.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11285797
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Other uniform titles:Eran, Mordechai.
Shaviṭ, Yaʻaḳov, 1944- Milḥemet ha-luḥot.
ISBN:9783110200935
3110200937
3110191415
9783110191417
Notes:Expanded translation of Milḥemet ha-luḥot.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-550) and index.
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Summary: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 Jewish people. It deals with the encounter of the Jews with modern biblical criticism, the archaeological research of the Ancient Near East, with contemporary archaeology, the Bible-Babel polemic at the start of the twentieth century, and the use of the bible as.
Other form:Print version: Shavit, Jacob. Hebrew Bible reborn. Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, ©2007 9783110191417 3110191415