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001 2006001687
003 DLC
005 20151029150203.0
008 060118s2006 nyu b 001 0beng
010 _a 2006001687
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_c$26.95
035 _a(OCoLC)63116993
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050 0 0 _aBS580.A3
_bR634 2006
069 _a00508987
082 0 0 _a222/.11092
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_222
090 _a92 Abr
100 1 _aRosenberg, David,
_d1943-
245 1 0 _aAbraham :
_bthe first historical biography /
_cDavid Rosenberg.
260 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books,
_cc2006.
300 _axvii, 342 p. ;
_c25 cm.
546 _aIncludes author's English translation of Hebrew texts from the book of Genesis about Abraham.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 307-321) and index.
505 0 _aThe history of Abraham -- Out of Sumer -- The original audience in Jerusalem -- What will history be now? -- A portable culture -- The meaning of journeys -- The call -- The education of Abraham -- Contracts -- The journey -- Promised Land -- The witness -- The cosmic theater in Ur and Harran -- Arranging a child -- The court of the world -- Acting out the drama -- The survivors -- The influence of the writing prophets -- Inheritance and the threat of extinction -- Death and burial.
600 0 0 _aAbraham
_c(Biblical patriarch)
650 0 _aPatriarchs (Bible)
_vBiography.
651 0 _aSumer
_xReligion.
650 0 _aMiddle Eastern literature
_xRelation to the Old Testament.
630 0 0 _aBible.
_pO.T.
_pGenesis XI-XXV, 11
_xHistory of Biblical events.
650 0 _aJ document (Biblical criticism)
650 0 _aE document (Biblical criticism)
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip066/2006001687.html
935 _aCITCC-0000192618
999 _c47502
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