MARC record from Internet Archive

LEADER: 02716cam a2200469 a 4500
001 ocm34553574
003 OCoLC
005 20200617074940.8
008 960405r19961991nyu 000 0 eng
010 $a 96017783
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dIDI$dOCLCO$dOCLCA$dOCLCQ$dOCLCA$dOCLCQ$dOCLCO$dOCLCF$dUWO$dNYHOF$dOCLCQ
020 $a0805210725$q(pbk.)
020 $a9780805210729$q(pbk.)
029 1 $aAU@$b000012832901
029 1 $aNZ1$b4773770
029 1 $aYDXCP$b1284627
035 $a(OCoLC)34553574
050 00 $aBS1235.2$b.V58 1996
082 00 $a220.6/1$220
049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aVisotzky, Burton L.
245 10 $aReading the Book :$bmaking the Bible a timeless text /$cBurton L. Visotzky.
250 $a1st Schocken ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSchocken Books,$c©1996.
300 $axii, 240 pages ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aOriginally published: 1st Anchor Books ed. New York: Anchor Books, 1991. With new foreword.
505 00 $t"Princess Di delivers two-headed monster": scripture and its interpretation --$tGod dictates, Moses composes --$tRabbis as readers --$tFather Abraham, teacher of faith --$tBinding Isaac --$tJacob and sons --$tJoseph's bones --$tDying --$tSiblings --$tAdam and Eve back together again --$tThe architecture of the universe --$tReading the book.
520 1 $a"For many people the Bible is a dusty old book with little relevance to their lives. but for Burton L. Visotzky the Bible is a living entity that can offer endless insights for its readers if they enter into dialogue with it in the manner of the ancient rabbis, whose midrash, or commentary, has accompanied it almost from its beginning. Focusing on themes in key biblical texts - good and evil, sexuality, parent-child relations, silbling rivalry, faith, and creation - Reading the Book demonstrates the ingenuity and richness of this traditional Jewish approach. It then shows how readers of any relgion can creat their own midrashim and develop living relationships with the text."--Jacket.
590 $bArchive
630 00 $aBible.$pGenesis$xCriticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.
630 00 $aMidrash$xHistory and criticism.
630 07 $aBible.$pGenesis.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01808046
650 7 $aMidrash.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01020601
655 7 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411635
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random046/96017783.html
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$n96017783
938 $aYBP Library Services$bYANK$n1284627
994 $a92$bCST
976 $a10017010997