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understanding the struggle between God and mankind in the Bible

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An edition of Joseph's Bones (2007)

Joseph's bones

understanding the struggle between God and mankind in the Bible

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A bold and radical reinterpretation of the Old Testament. "Brilliant...Nothing quite like it has appeared in years." (Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography )Imagine if someone who had never heard of Judaism or Christianity read the Old Testament. How could the relationship between God and humanity possibly be understood? In Joseph's Bones, Segal approaches the Bible from this fresh perspective-one framed by the story of the Israelites' fidelity to Joseph-and finds something unexpected: an account of the human condition that reads like an existential novel about the struggle of mankind against the unpredictable and often unwarranted wrath of God. This is a rarity in Biblical interpretation-brilliant and rigorously argued, "a work of stunning originality."

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Riverhead Books
Language
English
Pages
307

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Subjects
Biblical teaching, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Joseph (son of jacob), Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., o. t.
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Joseph (Son of Jacob)

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Joseph's Bones
2008, Penguin Group USA, Inc.
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Joseph's Bones: Understanding the Struggle Between God and Mankind in the Bible
February 26, 2008, Riverhead Trade
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Joseph's bones: understanding the struggle between God and mankind in the Bible
2007, Riverhead Books
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Joseph's Bones: Understanding the Struggle Between God and Mankind in the Bible
March 15, 2007, Riverhead Hardcover
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Table of Contents

Preface: reading with fresh eyes
Joseph's bones
The moral order
God's project
The struggle in the desert
Leviticus within the narrative
The life and tragedy of Moses
In the Promised Land
Afterword: Implications of this reading for the Jesus story
Appendix: Reflections on who wrote the Bible.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
222/.11092
Library of Congress
BS580.J6 S445 2007, BS580.J6S445 2007

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 307 p. ;
Number of pages
307

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17951353M
Internet Archive
josephsbonesunde0000sega
ISBN 10
1594489394
ISBN 13
9781594489396
LCCN
2006037168
OCLC/WorldCat
76261878
Library Thing
3371393
Goodreads
449209

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