From paradise to the promised land : an introduction to the Pentateuch /
This text has been a popular introduction to the Pentateuch for over fifteen years, offering a unique alternative to the critical approaches that focus on the composition of these books rather than the actual content. With this new edition, T. Desmond Alexander keeps the book fresh and relevant for...
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Grand Rapids, MI :
Baker Academic,
[2012]
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Pentateuchal criticism. Introduction to Pentateuchal criticism
- The rise of the documentary hypothesis
- Going behind the documents
- The documentary hypothesis under threat
- The Sinai narrative : a test case
- The future of studies
- The main themes of the Pentateuch. An overview of the Pentateuch
- God's temple-city
- The royal lineage in Genesis
- The blessing of the nations
- Paradise lost
- By faith Abraham
- Who is the Lord?
- The Passover
- The covenant at Sinai
- The tabernacle
- Be holy
- The sacrificial system
- The clean and the unclean foods
- Toward the promised land
- Murmurings
- Love and loyalty
- Why Israel?
- The Pentateuch and the biblical metanarrative.