The Jews and the Bible
A strangely plural singular -- Bibles, canons, and languages -- Prophets, texts, and books -- Bible object, Bible in pieces -- The Bible in boxes -- The Bible in scrolls -- The Bible in person -- The Bible in pieces -- The improbable locus of an identity -- The Bible and Jewishness -- The Greeks, th...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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Stanford, California
Stanford University Press
2014
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| Dans: | Année: 2014 |
| Recensions: | [Rezension von: Attias, Jean-Christophe, 1958-, The Jews and the Bible] (2016)
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| Collection/Revue: | Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
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| Classifications IxTheo: | HB Ancien Testament |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
RELIGION ; Judaism ; Sacred Writings
B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish History B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish History B Bible B Jews Identity B RELIGION ; Biblical Studies ; Old Testament B Jews ; Identity B Electronic books B Judaism Doctrines B History B Judaism ; Doctrines |
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| Résumé: | A strangely plural singular -- Bibles, canons, and languages -- Prophets, texts, and books -- Bible object, Bible in pieces -- The Bible in boxes -- The Bible in scrolls -- The Bible in person -- The Bible in pieces -- The improbable locus of an identity -- The Bible and Jewishness -- The Greeks, the Arabs, and us -- Facing the Christians : their scriptures and ours -- The Karaite temptation : sola scriptura? -- Reading the Bible at the risk of heresy -- Children, women, and the people -- The scholars' Bible -- The immense ocean of commentaries -- The Bible of the moderns -- The critical age, or the Bible humiliated -- Toward a postcritical age, or the Bible redeemed -- The political age, or the Bible manifesto. Despite its deceptively simple title, this book ponders the thorny issue of the place of the Bible in Jewish religion and culture. By thoroughly examining the complex link that the Jews have formed with the Bible, Jewish scholar Jean-Christophe Attias raises the uncomfortable question of whether it is still relevant for them. Jews and the Bible reveals how the Jews define themselves in various times and places with the Bible, without the Bible, and against the Bible. Is it divine revelation or national myth? Literature or legislative code? One book or a disparate library? Text or object? For th |
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| Description: | "Originally published in French in 2012 under the title Les juifs et la Bible. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record |
| ISBN: | 0804793212 |