Biblical Literacy: The Most Important People, Events, and Ideas of the Hebrew Bible Hardcover - 1997
by Joseph Telushkin
Encyclopedic in scope, but arranged by people, events, laws and ideas, this reference makes available in one volume all the Bible's timeless stories of love, greed, and the human condition; stories that form the basis for our sense of morality. It not only provides a complete education in all the books of the Hebrew Bible but it conveys their psychological and emotional truths as well.
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As he did so brilliantly in his bestselling book, jewish literacy, Joseph Teluslikin once again mines a subject of, Jewish history and religion so richly that his book becomes an inspiring companion and a fundamental reference. In Biblical Lileracy, Telushkin turns his attention to the Hebrew Bible (also known as the Old Testament), the most iniluential series of books in human history. Along with the Ten Commandments, the Bible's most famous document, no piece of legislation ever enacted has influenced human behavior as much as the biblical injunction to "Love your neighbor as yourself." No political tract has motivated human beings in so many diverse societies to fight for political freedom as the Exodus story of God's liberation of the Israelite slaves--which shows that God intends that, ultimately, people be free.
The Bible's influence, however, has conveyed as much through its narratives as its laws. Its timeless and moving tales about the human condition and man's relationship to God have long shaped Jewish and Christian notions of morality, and continue to stir the conscience and imagination of believers and skeptics alike.
There is a universality in biblical stories:
The murder of Abel by his brother Cain is a profound tragedy of sibling jealousy and family love gone awry (see pages 11-14).
Abraham', s challenge to God to save the lives of the evil people of Sodom is a fierce drama of man in confrontation with God, suggesting the human right to contend with the Almighty when it is feared He is acting unjustly (see pages 32-34).
Jacob's, deception of his blind father, Isaac raises the timeless question: Do the ends justify the means when the fate of the world is at stake (see pages 46-55).
Encyclopedia in scope, but dynamic and original in its observations and organization, Biblical Lileracy makes available in one volume the Bible's timeless stories of love, deceit, and the human condition; its most important laws and ideas; and an annotated listing of all 613 laws of the Torah for both layman and professional, there is no other reference work or interpretation of the Bible quite like this Stunning volume.
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- Title Biblical Literacy: The Most Important People, Events, and Ideas of the Hebrew Bible
- Author Joseph Telushkin
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 656
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher William Morrow & Company, New York
- Date 1997-10
- ISBN 9780688142971 / 0688142974
- Weight 1.86 lbs (0.84 kg)
- Dimensions 9.73 x 6.43 x 2.09 in (24.71 x 16.33 x 5.31 cm)
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- Religious Orientation: Jewish
- Theometrics: Secular
- Library of Congress subjects Jewish law
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97006645
- Dewey Decimal Code 221.61
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- Booklist, 10/01/1997, Page 290
- Library Journal, 07/01/1997, Page 89
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