Book contents
- Why the Bible Began
- Why the Bible Began
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Part I The Rise and Fall
- 1 Abraham and Sarah
- 2 Miriam
- 3 Deborah
- 4 King David
- 5 Ahab and Jezebel
- 6 Jehu and Elisha
- 7 Hezekiah and Isaiah
- 8 Josiah and Huldah
- Part II Admitting Defeat
- Part III A New Narrative
- Part IV A People of Protest
- Subject Index
- Scholars Cited
- Biblical References
- References
1 - Abraham and Sarah
From One to the Many
from Part I - The Rise and Fall
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 July 2023
Book contents
- Why the Bible Began
- Why the Bible Began
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Part I The Rise and Fall
- 1 Abraham and Sarah
- 2 Miriam
- 3 Deborah
- 4 King David
- 5 Ahab and Jezebel
- 6 Jehu and Elisha
- 7 Hezekiah and Isaiah
- 8 Josiah and Huldah
- Part II Admitting Defeat
- Part III A New Narrative
- Part IV A People of Protest
- Subject Index
- Scholars Cited
- Biblical References
- References
Summary
Land, nation, name – these are marks that distinguish mighty monarchs. But Abraham is not being commissioned to reign as a king. His mandate is simply to leave his home, travel to a new country, and become a father there. Such is the prosaic, unheroic fashion in which the biblical story begins.
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- Why the Bible BeganAn Alternative History of Scripture and its Origins, pp. 19 - 28Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
References
Further Reading
Allen, James P., Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, Cambridge University Press, 1999.Google Scholar
Gates, Charles, Ancient Cities: The Archaeology of Urban Life in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Greece and Rome, Routledge, 2011.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Glassner, Jean-Jacques, The Invention of Cuneiform: Writing in Sumer (trans. Zainab Bahrani and Marc Van de Meiroop), Johns Hopkins Press, 2003.Google Scholar
Kratz, Reinhard Historical and Biblical Israel: The History, Tradition, and Archives of Israel and Judah (trans. Paul Michael Kurtz), Oxford University Press, 2016.Google Scholar
Rainey, Anson F., The Sacred Bridge: Carta’s Atlas of the Biblical World, Carta, 2005.Google Scholar
Redford, Donald B., Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times, Princeton University Press, 1993.Google Scholar