The Hebrew Bible : New Insights and Scholarship.

In April of 2001, the headline in the Los Angeles Times read, "Doubting the Story of the Exodus." It covered a sermon that had been delivered by the rabbi of a prominent local congregation over the holiday of Passover. In it, he said, "The truth is that virtually every modern archeolo...

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Main Author: Greenspahn, Frederick E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2007.
Series:Jewish Studies in the Twenty-first Century Series.
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Summary:In April of 2001, the headline in the Los Angeles Times read, "Doubting the Story of the Exodus." It covered a sermon that had been delivered by the rabbi of a prominent local congregation over the holiday of Passover. In it, he said, "The truth is that virtually every modern archeologist who has investigated the story of the exodus, with very few exceptions, agrees that the way the Bible describes the exodus is not the way it happened, if it happened at all." This seeming challenge to the biblical story captivated the local public. Yet as the rabbi himself acknowledged, his sermon contained n.
Physical Description:1 online resource (246 pages)
ISBN:9780814733080
0814733085
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.