Reading the Pentateuch: An Historical Introduction

by John J. McDermott

Book Overview

Students of the Pentateuch have always been interested in historical questions. Were the patriarchs and matriarchs real people or literary creations? Did the exodus from Egypt take place the way it is described in the Bible? Were there twelve tribes of Israel? In this book John J. McDermott looks in a balanced way at the historical questions in the Pentateuch. He looks at not only the question of whether certain events happened, but also at when the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809140829
• ISBN13: 9780809140824
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.2"