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Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus - Hellenistic Histories and the Date of the Pentateuch (Hardcover) Loot Price: R6,286
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Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus - Hellenistic Histories and the Date of the Pentateuch (Hardcover): Russell Gmirkin

Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus - Hellenistic Histories and the Date of the Pentateuch (Hardcover)

Russell Gmirkin

Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies

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Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus proposes a provocative new theory regarding the date and circumstances of the composition of the Pentateuch. Gmirkin argues that the Hebrew Pentateuch was composed in its entirety about 273-272 BCE by Jewish scholars at Alexandria that later traditions credited with the Septuagint translation of the Pentateuch into Greek. The primary evidence is literary dependence of Gen. 1-11 on Berossus' Babyloniaca (278 BCE) and of the Exodus story on Manetho's Aegyptiaca (c. 285-280 BCE), and the geo-political data contained in the Table of Nations. A number of indications point to a provenance of Alexandria, Egypt for at least some portions of the Pentateuch. That the Pentateuch, drawing on literary sources found at the Great Library of Alexandria, was composed at almost the same date as the Septuagint translation, provides compelling evidence for some level of communication and collaboration between the authors of the Pentateuch and the Septuagint scholars at Alexandria's Museum. The late date of the Pentateuch, as demonstrated by literary dependence on Berossus and Manetho, has two important consequences: the definitive overthrow of the chronological framework of the Documentary Hypothesis, and a late, 3rd century BCE date for major portions of the Hebrew Bible which show literary dependence on the Pentateuch.

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Imprint: T. & T. Clark
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Release date: July 2006
First published: July 2006
Authors: Russell Gmirkin
Dimensions: 159 x 238 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 978-0-567-02592-0
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > The Bible > Bible readings or selections
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > The Bible > Bible readings or selections
Books > Christianity > The Bible > Bible readings or selections
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LSN: 0-567-02592-6
Barcode: 9780567025920

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