The Bible's First History

by David Robert Ord and Robert B. Coote

This is a book about an ancient writer, the J writer--the Yahwist--who produced a work of political imagination. This work is embedded mainly in the first four books of the Bible, best known for some of the most popular and influential biblical stories in Genesis and Exodus. The purpose of the book is to represent the whole of the original story with attention to its own meaning, without the influence of the other literary strands with which it was...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1532637020
• ISBN13: 9781532637025
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"