Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus :: Hellenistic histories and the date of the Pentateuch /

Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus proposes a provocative new theory regarding the date and circumstances of the composition of the Pentateuch. Gmirkin argues that the Hebrew Pentateuch was composed in its entirety about 273-272 BCE by Jewish scholars at Alexandria that later traditions credit...

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1. Verfasser: Gmirkin, Russell E., 1954-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : T & T Clark, ©2006.
Schriftenreihe:Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 433.
Copenhagen international seminar ; 15.
T & T Clark library of biblical studies.
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Zusammenfassung:Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus proposes a provocative new theory regarding the date and circumstances of the composition of the Pentateuch. Gmirkin argues that the Hebrew Pentateuch was composed in its entirety about 273-272 BCE by Jewish scholars at Alexandria that later traditions credited with the Septuagint translation of the Pentateuch into Greek. The primary evidence is literary dependence of Gen. 1-11 on Berossus' Babyloniaca (278 BCE) and of the Exodus story on Manetho's Aegyptiaca (c. 285-280 BCE), and the geo-political data contained in the Table of Nations. A number of ind.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 332 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-309) and indexes.
ISBN:9780567134394
0567134393

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