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The Hebrew Bible reborn : from Holy Scripture to the Book of Books : a history of biblical culture and the battles over the Bible in modern Judaism / by Yaacov Shavit, Mordechai Eran ; translated by Chaya Naor.

Author/creator Shaviṭ, Yaʻaḳov, 1944-
Other author/creatorEran, Mordechai.
Other author/creatorShaviṭ, Yaʻaḳov, 1944- Milḥemet ha-luḥot.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoBerlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter,
Descriptionx, 566 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Series Studia Judaica : forschungen zur Wissenschaft des Judentums, 0585-5306 ; Bd. 38
Studia Judaica (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ; Bd. 38. ^A1123807
Contents "Back to the Bible" : the biblical revolution in the nineteenth century -- Wellhausen and his school : the Jewish response to higher criticism -- "Truth shall spring out of the earth : the initial Jewish reaction to the archaeology of the ancient Near East -- The Babel-Bibel controversy as a typological event -- Friedrich Delitzsch and a second "Tower of Babel" -- Delitzsch's three lectures on Babel and Bibel -- The controversy in the German arena : theology vs. science -- At war : within and without -- Contra Delitzsch : revelation, originality and ethics -- From Noah to the Sabbath -- After Delitzsch : the Bible and Jewish Bible study in Germany between the two world wars -- Bible criticism arrives in Eretz Israel : struggle and reception -- "Extra-academic" Bible study and Bible criticism -- Orthodox Bible criticism in Eretz Israel -- The Bible as history and biblical archaeology: "can two walk together? (Amos 3:3) -- The national Bible vs. the cultural Bible -- The golden age of biblical culture -- From golden age to decline.
General noteExpanded translation of Milḥemet ha-luḥot.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [541]-550) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2007010669
ISBN9783110191417 (alk. paper)
ISBN3110191415 (alk. paper)

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