{"product_id":"the-creation-of-sacred-literature-paperback","title":"The Creation of Sacred Literature - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Elliott Friedman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe study of the Bible is at a vital juncture. Thus begins this merger of a stellar group of scholars of both literary and historical perspectives on the Hebrew Bible: Robert Alter, Baruch Halpern, Shemaryahu Talmon, Jacob Milgrom, Nahum Sarna, and Jack Miles, and edited by Richard Elliott Friedman. In this seminal work they raise questions of conception, technique, and audience, treating both the Bible's authors and editors. At bottom, the question that all are addressing is: in what way(s) is the study of the Bible different from the study of other literature? Their answers, it should come as no surprise, all have to do with the Bible's special life as sacred literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Elliott Friedman earned his doctorate at Harvard, was a visiting fellow at Cambridge and Oxford and a senior fellow of the American Schools of Oriental Research in Jerusalem. He participated in the City of David Project archaeological excavations of biblical Jerusalem. He is the Ann and Jay Davis Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Georgia and Katzin Professor of Jewish Civilization \u003ci\u003eEmeritus\u003c\/i\u003e of the University of California, San Diego.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eHe has authored the bestselling \u003ci\u003eWho Wrote the Bible? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eas well as\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e The Disappearance of God\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Book in the Bible\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCommentary on the Torah, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Bible with Sources Revealed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bible Now, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Exile and Biblical Narrative.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eHis books have been translated into Hebrew, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Polish, Hungarian, Dutch, Portuguese, Czech, Turkish, Korean, and French. He has also edited four books and authored over eighty articles, essays, and reviews.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Interviewed by Larry King and NPR and consulted by Dreamworks, NBC, A\u0026amp;E, PBS \"Nova,\" \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eU.S. News\u003c\/i\u003e, Friedman has been called \"The single most interesting mind working on the Bible in any language today\" (Jacob Neusner), \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\"refreshingly honest\" (Alan Dershowitz), and\u003cb\u003e \"\u003c\/b\u003eone of the greatest biblical scholars of our age\" (\u003ci\u003eConservative Judaism\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 106\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 10 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 28, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431569801394,"sku":"9781498294935","price":18.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/69c7368a0e86d23a063c8a088c24f817.webp?v=1778592159","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-creation-of-sacred-literature-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}