Ebook {Epub PDF} Who Wrote the Bible? by Richard Elliott Friedman

 · Prof. Richard Elliott Friedman is the Ann and Jay Davis Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Georgia and is the Katzin Professor (Emeritus) of Jewish Civilization of the University of California, San Diego. He earned his Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible at Harvard, and is the author of Who Wrote the Bible?, The Disappearance of God, The Hidden Book in the Bible, Commentary on the Torah, . Who Wrote the Bible? by Richard Elliott Friedman, , HarperSanFrancisco edition, in English. Richard Elliott Friedman's survey of this debate, in Who Wrote the Bible?, may be the best written popular book about this question. Without condescension or high-flown academic language, Friedman carefully describes the history of textual criticism of the Bible--a subject on which his authority is unparalleled (Friedman has contributed voluminously to the authoritative Anchor Bible Dictionary)/5().

Richard Elliott Friedman is a leading proponent of the Documentary Hypothesis, which maintains that the the biblical texts traditionally known as the Five Books of Moses are actually the synthesis. gious traditions and knew the Bible as well as those who accepted only the traditiona answersl Indeed. fro, m the outset to the present day, a significan proportiot onf critica biblical l scholars, perhaps the majority, hav beene, a samt th timeee member, s of the clergy. Rather, the effort to discover who wrote the Bible began and con Richard Elliott Friedman's survey of this debate, in Who Wrote the Bible?, may be the best written popular book about this question. Without condescension or high-flown academic language, Friedman carefully describes the history of textual criticism of the Bible--a subject on which his authority is unparalleled (Friedman has contributed.

Richard Elliott Friedman's survey of this debate, in Who Wrote the Bible?, may be the best written popular book about this question. Without condescension or high-flown academic language, Friedman carefully describes the history of textual criticism of the Bible--a subject on which his authority is unparalleled (Friedman has contributed voluminously to the authoritative Anchor Bible Dictionary). His The Bible with Sources Revealed was a National Jewish Book Award Finalist of His most recent book is The Bible Now, co-authored with Shawna Dolansky and published by Oxford Press. It relates the Bible to the controversial issues of our day: homosexuality, abortion, women’s status, capital punishment, and the earth. gious traditions and knew the Bible as well as those who accepted only the traditiona answersl Indeed. fro, m the outset to the present day, a significan proportiot onf critica biblical l scholars, perhaps the majority, hav beene, a samt th timeee member, s of the clergy. Rather, the effort to discover who wrote the Bible began and con