Genesis 12-50 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521295208)

Chapters 12-50 of the book of Genesis may be considered as enshrining the patriarchal traditions of the Jewish people. Besides the elements of poetry and legend embodied in these traditions, Professor Davidson shows that there can be a historical basis for the narratives and offers guidelines for exploring it. The Genesis stories cannot simply be seen as a reading back into earlier times of the background to the social customs and religious outlook of their later editors. Introductory sections deal with the sources, historicity and general characterｬistics of the narratives, and are followed by a section-by-section presentation of the text with commentary in the established style of the series.

Author: Robert Davidson
ISBN-10: 0521295203
ISBN-13: 9780521295208
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/21/1979
Pages: 340
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.76d