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LEADER: 02384cam a22004934a 4500
001 2006001687
003 DLC
005 20130601083038.0
008 060118s2006 nyu b 001 0beng
010 $a 2006001687
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020 $a0465070949 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9780465070947 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0465070957 (pbk.)
020 $a9780465070954 (pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)63116993
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm63116993
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041 1 $aeng$hheb
042 $apcc
043 $aa-iq---
050 00 $aBS580.A3$bR634 2006
082 00 $a222/.11092$aB$222
084 $a11.47$2bcl
100 1 $aRosenberg, David,$d1943-
245 10 $aAbraham :$bthe first historical biography /$cDavid Rosenberg.
260 $aNew York :$bBasic Books,$cc2006.
300 $axvii, 342 p. ;$c25 cm.
546 $aIncludes author's English translation of Hebrew texts from the book of Genesis about Abraham.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 307-321) and index.
505 00 $tThe history of Abraham --$tOut of Sumer --$tThe original audience in Jerusalem --$tWhat will history be now? --$tA portable culture --$tThe meaning of journeys --$tThe call --$tThe education of Abraham --$tContracts --$tThe journey --$tPromised Land --$tThe witness --$tThe cosmic theater in Ur and Harran --$tArranging a child --$tThe court of the world --$tActing out the drama --$tThe survivors --$tThe influence of the writing prophets --$tInheritance and the threat of extinction --$tDeath and burial.
600 00 $aAbraham$c(Biblical patriarch)
650 0 $aPatriarchs (Bible)$vBiography.
651 0 $aSumer$xReligion.
650 0 $aMiddle Eastern literature$xRelation to the Old Testament.
630 00 $aBible.$pGenesis, XI-XXV, 11$xHistory of Biblical events.
650 0 $aJ document (Biblical criticism)
650 0 $aE document (Biblical criticism)
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip066/2006001687.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0832/2006001687-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0832/2006001687-d.html