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100	1		_aWright, Jacob L _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aWhy the Bible Began: An Alternative History of Scripture and Its Origins _b
260			_aNew York _bCambridge University Press _c2023
300			_a482p
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aPART I THE RISE AND FALL 1 Abraham and Sarah: From One to the Many 2 Miriam: Empire and Exodus 3 Deborah: A New Dawn 4 King David: Between North and South. 5 Ahab and Jezebel: Putting Israel on the Map 6 Jehu and Elisha: Israel's Downfall and Judah's Jubilation. 7 Hezekiah and Isaiah: Putting Judah on the Map. 8 Josiah and Huldah: Judah's Downfall and Deportation PART II ADMITTING DEFEAT 9 Daughter Zion: Finding One's Voice. 10 The Creator: Comforting the Afflicted. 11 Haggai the Prophet: Laying the Foundation. 12 Nehemiah the Builder: Restoring Judean Pride. 13 Ezra the Educator: Forming a People of the Book 14 Hoshayahu the Soldier: Peoplehood as a Pedagogical Project PART III A NEW NARRATIVE 15 Jeremiah and Baruch: A Monument to Defeat 16 Isaac and Rebekah: The Family Story. 17 Moses and Joshua: The People's History. 18 Hannah and Samuel: The Palace History. 19 Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: The National Narrative 20 Jonah and the Whale: The Prophets as Survival Literature 21 Yhwh and His People: Codes, Covenant, and Kinship PART IV A PEOPLE OF PROTEST 22 The Matriarch: Women and the Biblical Agenda 23 The Hero: Redefining Gender Roles. 24 The Other: Tales of War, Outsiders, and Allegiance 25 The Soldier: Sacrificial Death and Eternal Life. 26 The Prophet and the Priest: Open Access, Public Transparency, and Separation of Powers 27 The Sage: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes. 28 The Poet: The Song of Songs and Psalms. 29 The Queen: Peoplehood without Piety. 30 Conclusions: Nations, Nationalism, and New Bibles.
520			_aDemonstrating how the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible represents the first, and one of the most elaborate, projects of peoplehood, Wright tells the dramatic story of the Bible's origins in relation to 1, a longstanding political division between North and South (Israel and Judah) and 2 the traumatic experience of defeat" -- _cProvided by publisher.
630	0	0	_aBible _xHistory.
650		0	_aJews _xHistory _yTo 70 A.D.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aWright, Jacob L. _tWhy the Bible began _bFirst edition _dCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2023 _z9781108859240 _w(DLC) 2022056303
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