| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 527 pages) : illustrations |
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Bible Titles Ser |
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Bible Titles Ser
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| Contents |
Front Cover -- Front Matter -- Contents -- Foreword to the 2002 Edition -- Foreword to the Original Edition -- Your Bible -- The Torah (Teaching) -- Genesis -- Introduction -- 1. Creating a Good World -- 2. Evil Enters the Good World -- 3. The Cleansing Flood -- 4. The Tower of Babel -- 5. Abraham�Founder of a People -- 6. Twin Cities of Sin -- 7. Abraham�s Supreme Test -- 8. Isaac and Rebekah -- 9. Jacob Obtains the Covenant -- 10. The New Name�“Israel� -- 11. Joseph in Egypt -- Exodus -- Introduction -- 1. Moses�The Liberator |
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2. Pharaoh Versus God3. Pesah �The Festival of Freedom -- 4. God Triumphs over Pharaoh -- 5. Starting the Long Journey -- 6. The Covenant at Mount Sinai -- 7. The Tabernacle�God�s Palace -- Leviticus -- Introduction -- 1. Priest and Levite -- 2. Feast and Fast -- 3. Holiness�The Golden Heart -- 4. Neighbors -- 5. Laws of Purity -- 6. National Problems -- 7. Idolatry�The Gravest of All Sins -- 8. Rewards and Punishments -- Numbers -- Introduction -- 1. Journey�s Beginning -- 2. The Challenges of Leadership -- 3. Crisis and Decision |
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4. Korah�s Rebellion5. The Sin of Moses -- 6. Israel Meets Hostile Nations -- 7. Balaam Blesses the New Israel -- 8. The Five Sisters� Query -- 9. Joshua�The Next Leader -- Deuteronomy -- Introduction -- 1. First Oration: Obedience to the Covenant -- 2. Second Oration: Love�The Spirit of the Covenant -- 3. Third Oration: The Rewards of the Covenant -- 4. The Song of Moses -- 5. The Unknown Grave -- The Prophets -- Joshua -- Introduction -- 1. Joshua Takes Command -- 2. The Two Spies -- 3. Jericho and Ai Captured -- 4. The Crafty Gibeonites |
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5. Division of the Land6. Joshua�s Farewell Address -- Judges -- Introduction -- 1. Disloyalty�Punishment�Peace -- 2. Deborah�Mother in Israel -- 3. Gideon�The Man Who Refused to Be King -- 4. Abimelech�The Man Who Wanted to Be King -- 5. Samson�A Brave Man Who Used His Strength Foolishly -- Ruth -- Introduction -- 1. Ruth�s Loyalty -- 2. The Meeting of Ruth and Boaz -- 3. Ruth�s Marriage to Boaz -- Samuel -- Introduction -- 1. The Birth of Samuel -- 2. Israel�s Ruthless Enemy�The Philistines -- 3. Saul�First King of Israel |
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4. Saul�The Rejected5. David�The Shepherd Boy -- 6. Saul and David -- 7. David�Refugee from Saul -- 8. The Death of Saul and Jonathan -- 9. From Shepherd Boy to King -- 10. Jerusalem�The City of God -- 11. Nathan�The People�s Conscience -- 12. “Absalom, My Son! My Son!� -- Kings -- Introduction -- 1. Solomon Ascends the Throne -- 2. “A Wise and Understanding Mind� -- 3. Solomon Builds the Temple -- 4. Splendor, Fame�and Trouble -- 5. The House Is Divided -- 6. Elijah�The Prophet -- 7. Elijah Confronts an Abuse of Power |
| Summary |
JPS first published Pathways Through the Bible in 1946, selling over 250,000 copies. It featured selections from the 1917 translation of the JPS Tanakh, "bridged" by narrative summaries written by Rabbi Cohen. Rabbi Stein has replaced the 1917 JPS translation with the 1985 translation and has updated the prose and made the language gender-sensitive. This new edition shares the same essential features as the original, especially the core principle that Pathways Through the Bible, in Cohen's words, "is not intended to replace The Holy Scriptures ... it is rather to be regarded as preparatory to the reading of the Bible itself ... Its purpose is to open for you pathways into the magic realm of the greatest literature ever written." |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Bibel Altes Testament gnd |
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Jewish religion
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Religion.
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religion (discipline)
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
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Religion
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| Genre/Form |
Paraphrases
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cohen, Mortimer J. (Mortimer Joseph), 1894-1972.
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Stein, David E. S., 1957-
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Jewish Publication Society.
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| ISBN |
9780827611153 |
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0827611153 |
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0827607342 |
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9780827607347 |
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