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The Exodus (Paperback)
Richard Elliott Friedman
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One of the World's Foremost Bible Experts Offers a Groundbreaking
Presentation of the Five Books of MosesIn The Bible with Sources
Revealed, Richard Elliott Friedman offers a new, visual
presentation of the Five Books of Moses -- Genesis, Exodus,
Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy -- unlocking the complex and
fascinating tapestry of their origins. Different colors and type
styles allow readers to easily identify each of the distinct
sources, showcasing Friedman's highly acclaimed and dynamic
translation.
This work, by the author of "Who Wrote the Bible?" probes a chain
of mysteries that concern the presence or absence of God. It begins
with a reading of the Hebrew Bible, revealing the mystery and
significance of the disappearance of God there. Why does the God
who is known through miracles and direct interaction at the
beginning of the Bible gradually become hidden, leaving humans on
their own by the Bible's end? The book then investigates this
phenomenon's place in the formation of Judaism and Christianity. It
goes on to explore the forms this feeling of the disappearance of
God has taken in recent times, focusing on a connection between
Nietzsche and Dostoevsky, who each independantly developed the idea
of the death of God. The author then relates all of this to a
contemporary spiritual and moral ambivalence. He notes the current
interest in linking discoveries in modern physics and astronomy to
God and creation, and explores the connection between the mysticism
of the Kabbalah and "Big Bang" cosmology, relating the findings to
the age-old quest for a hidden God.
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