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100 1 _aRosenberg, David,
_d1943-
245 1 0 _aAbraham :
_bthe first historical biography /
_cDavid Rosenberg.
260 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books,
_c2006
300 _axvii, 342 p. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 307-321) and index.
505 0 0 _tThe history of Abraham --
_tOut of Sumer --
_tThe original audience in Jerusalem --
_tWhat will history be now? --
_tA portable culture --
_tThe meaning of journeys --
_tThe call --
_tThe education of Abraham --
_tContracts --
_tThe journey --
_tPromised Land --
_tThe witness --
_tThe cosmic theater in Ur and Harran --
_tArranging a child --
_tThe court of the world --
_tActing out the drama --
_tThe survivors --
_tThe influence of the writing prophets --
_tInheritance and the threat of extinction --
_tDeath and burial.
546 _aIncludes author's English translation of Hebrew texts from the book of Genesis about Abraham.
600 0 0 _aAbraham
_c(Biblical patriarch)
630 0 0 _aBible.
_pGenesis, XI-XXV, 11
_xHistory of Biblical events.
650 0 _aPatriarchs (Bible)
_vBiography.
650 0 _aMiddle Eastern literature
_xRelation to the Old Testament.
650 0 _aJ document (Biblical criticism)
650 0 _aE document (Biblical criticism)
651 0 _aSumer
_xReligion.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip066/2006001687.html
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0832/2006001687-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0832/2006001687-d.html
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