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The Bible with Sources Revealed: A New View into the Five Books of Moses Kindle Edition

by Richard Elliott Friedman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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One of the World's Foremost Bible Experts Offers a Groundbreaking Presentation of the Five Books of Moses

In 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.

NOTE: This book is meant to be experienced in color and the eBook is not compatible with black and white devices.

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RICHARD ELLIOTT FRIEDMAN is one of the premier bible scholars in the country. He earned his doctorate at Harvard and was a visiting fellow at Oxford and Cambridge, a Senior Fellow of the American Schools of Oriental Research in Jerusalem, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Haifa. He is the Ann & Jay Davis Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Georgia and the Katzin Professor of Jewish Civilization Emeritus of the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Commentary on the Torah, The Disappearance of God, The Hidden Book in the Bible, The Bible with Sources Revealed, The Bible Now, The Exile and Biblical Narrative, the bestselling Who Wrote the Bible?, and most recently, The Exodus. He was an American Council of Learned Societies Fellow and was elected to membership in The Biblical Colloquium. His books have been translated into Hebrew, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Polish, Hungarian, Dutch, Portuguese, Czech, Turkish, Korean, and French. He was a consultant for the Dreamworks film The Prince of Egypt, for Alice Hoffman's The Dovekeepers, and for NBC, A&E, PBS, and Nova.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B002BD2UWA
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperOne; Illustrated edition (June 2, 2009)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 2, 2009
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2131 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 803 pages
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RICHARD ELLIOTT FRIEDMAN is one of the premier bible scholars in the country. He earned his doctorate at Harvard and was a visiting fellow at Oxford and Cambridge, a Senior Fellow of the American Schools of Oriental Research in Jerusalem, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Haifa. He is the Ann & Jay Davis Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Georgia and the Katzin Professor of Jewish Civilization Emeritus of the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Commentary on the Torah, The Disappearance of God, The Hidden Book in the Bible, The Bible with Sources Revealed, The Bible Now, The Exile and Biblical Narrative, the bestselling Who Wrote the Bible?, and his newest book, The Exodus. He was an American Council of Learned Societies Fellow and was elected to membership in The Biblical Colloquium. His books have been translated into Hebrew, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Polish, Hungarian, Dutch, Portuguese, Czech, Turkish, Korean, and French. He was a consultant for the Dreamworks film "The Prince of Egypt," for Alice Hoffman's The Dovekeepers, and for NBC, A&E, PBS, and Nova.

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Does not work with the Kindle app on Windows 10. Fortunately, I have a tablet. No one would truly benefit from trying to use the color coding of this reference work on a cellphone. Disapponted :-/
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The Spinozanator
5.0 out of 5 stars Explanation of the Documentary Hypothesis
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2005
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Why is the Bible so hard to read? The answer lies in the Documentary Hypothesis, conceived over a hundred years ago. This book presents a comprehensive collection of evidence supporting this theory, all in a concentrated format in the first 31 pages.

The rest of the book presents the author's translation of the Torah (1st 5 books of the Bible), coded to alleged authorship, with extensive footnotes & explanations. What a job!

The short version is as follows: "J" wrote a story representative of Southern Judean interests. "E" wrote one about Northern Israeli interests. When the North and the South united, the Priests in charge could not get rid of either well known document, so he (they) wrote "P", making the story more to his (their) liking. King Josiah "took charge" at age 8. Because of his age, he was heavily influenced by the priests. After he attained young adulthood, the main priest conveniently found "D" (mainly a set of laws) that so impressed the young king that he had the whole tome read aloud to the masses.

All these sources and editions were put together by an editor, called the "Redactor" into the final 5-book work. The Redactor may have been Ezra, a priest of the Second Temple after the Jews returned from exile in Babylon.

Evidence for this elaborate theory consists of differences in linguistics, terminology, content, narrative flow, connections with other parts of the Bible, relationships among the sources to each other and to history, and convergence (several different lines of evidence converge). This data is fascinating, well-presented, and quite convincing.

The above is my light summary of the Documentary Hypothesis. The heart and soul of the book, however, is in the text of the Torah itself, which is color coded. This makes it quite convenient to read each source individually as a flowing text. When read in this fashion, the improvement in continuity is striking. The footnotes are helpful in bringing out political considerations of the authors and the Redactor.

Friedman is also the author of "Who Wrote the Bible", a book which creates a mystery out of the authorship delimma. That book I also recommend, and suspect a person who likes one book would like the other. The book under review here appears to be the definitive work on the Documentary Hypothesis. It belongs in the library of anyone interested in the Bible, with the possible exception of literal interpreters, and I recommend it highly.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The different sources, J, E, P, and D and others are printed in different colors.
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2020
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The author is a scholar. He has written many books on the Bible.

Language changes over the centuries. He knows the language that was used in the time of the judges, in the time of King David & Solomon, in the time of King Josiah, in the time of King Hezekiah.

I can choose to check to see who wrote this verse or that verse. Were these two verses from the same source or not?

Or I can choose one color and read the Bible from that one source. Amazingly, it reads smoothly, no matter which color I choose.

There are interesting footnotes, but not enough to interrupt the reading. The entire Pentateuch is all still right there, in its normal order, in a good translation.
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Davo
4.0 out of 5 stars A great book let down by its publisher
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2011
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I have just started reading over this invaluable book, the hypothesis about the different origins of part of the Bible is convincing. But then the publisher to save a few pennies decides to only use 3 ink colors, when there are 6 main sources. There is a key at the top right page, but maybe one more color at least could have helped. Then there is the paperback which has the flimsiest cover, I would have expected a University standard hard wearing book.

I know quite a bit about the Bible having done Biblical Archaeology, lived in a Minister's family, and my own religious studies. This book strengthens my ideas fostered by "The Bible Unearthed" by Finkelstein and Silberman, that the whole course of human history has been sabotaged by the source Deuteronomy, from the reign of King Josiah. Here we have murderous barbarism. And it set the seeds for the isolation of Jews Christians and Moslems, with a myriad of rules; and also separation from other faiths and extremism. Thats how I read it, it is obvious.

But on the other hand my respect for the source P is enormous, and so by allowing us to differentiate we can also have greater positive feelings.

It may be harder to really bring out all sources. For instance the story of Noah is taken from the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh, picked up by the Patriarchs on their journey to Palestine, easily one thousand years before it was written down, possibly two. And the story of the Garden of Eden seems to me to be very old, and not history, but a very important myth. A myth is not something which is false in religion, but a central idea of immense importance. Taking them literally is to miss the meaning.

I also noticed in the source E that other laws from Sumer had been moved over, simple matters such as "if a man's ox gores another man then..."

It would be interesting to have an online resource to read each source separately, given that conflicting versions of even the "ten commandments" have been put side by side, it suggests that editors over the years have erred by inclusion.

I think in my University days 35 years ago I wanted a Bible with sources identified, now I have it for the first five books.
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Joe Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2024
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Excellent book really interesting and important to bible studies 👍.
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bernardo zamora
3.0 out of 5 stars interesting book
Reviewed in Australia on November 12, 2022
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book maybe helpful, but my belief is strong and i am happy i have God whose name is YHWH.
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Zachary Timmons
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful presentation, great choice of font
Reviewed in Canada on March 10, 2017
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Exactly what I've been looking for. Beautiful presentation, great choice of font, comfortable size.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on March 10, 2016
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Everyone interested in Religions of the middle east should start by reading this book especially politicians in the region.
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SimonWasserman
5.0 out of 5 stars Bible with Sources Revealed
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 11, 2012
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Book itself is exactly what it says on the package - it gives a translated version of the 5 Books of Moses highlighted to indicate the proposed authors under the Documentary Hypothesis. The service from Book Depository was excellent. The original order was not delivered (for reasons that I have never discovered). When I let Book Depository know they immediately refunded my payment without question and without delay.
I then reordered and the books came within the next few days (well within the delivery window). Great service.
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