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The Jews and the Bible

[Hardback]

by Jean-Christophe Attias

    • Author

      Jean-Christophe Attias

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Stanford University Press

    • Published

      November 2014

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    Despite its deceptively simple title, this book ponders the thorny issue of the place of the Bible in Jewish religion and culture. By thoroughly examining the complex link that the Jews have formed with the Bible, Jewish scholar Jean-Christopher Attias raises the uncomfortable question of whether it is still relevant for them. Jews and the Bible reveals how the Jews define themselves in various times and places with the Bible, without the Bible, and against the Bible. Is it divine revelation or national myth? Literature or legislative code? One book or a disparate library? Text or object? For the Jews, over the past two thousand years or more, the Bible has been all that and much more. In fact, Attias argues that the Bible is nothing in and of itself. Like the Koran, the Bible has never been anything other than what its readers make of it. But what they've made of it tells a fascinating story and raises provocative philosophical and ethical questions. The Bible is indeed an elusive book, and so Attias explores the fundamental discrepancy between what we think the Bible tells us about Judaism and what Judaism actually tells us about the Bible.
    With passion and intellect, Attias informs and enlightens the reader, never shying away from the difficult questions, ultimately asking: In our post-genocide and post-Zionist culture, can the Bible be saved?

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    • Author

      Jean-Christophe Attias

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Stanford University Press

    • Published

      November 2014

    • Weight

      454g

    • Page Count

      248

    • Dimensions

      153 x 232 x 18 mm

    • ISBN

      9780804789073

    • ISBN-10

      080478907X

    • Eden Code

      4305155

    More Information

    • Author/Creator: Jean-Christophe Attias

    • ISBN: 9780804789073

    • Publisher: Stanford University Press

    • Release Date: November 2014

    • Weight: 454g

    • Dimensions: 153 x 232 x 18 mm

    • Eden Code: 4305155


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