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" Genesis = "
commentary by Nahum M. Sarna.
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BL
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847685
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| Main Entry
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Sarna, Nahum M.
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| Title & Author
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Genesis = : Be-reshit : the traditional Hebrew text with new JPS translation /\ commentary by Nahum M. Sarna.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Philadelphia :: Jewish Publication Society,, 1989.
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| Series Statement
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The JPS Torah commentary
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xxxi, 414 pages :: illustrations ;; 27 cm.
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| ISBN
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0827603266
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: 0827603312
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: 9780827603264
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: 9780827603318
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| Notes
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English and Hebrew; commentary in English.
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Title on half t.p.: Genesis = Be-reshit.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Glossary -- List of abbreviations -- Maps -- The ancient near east -- The patriarchal wanderings -- THE COMMENTARY TO GENESIS -- Creation -- Eden and the expulsion: the human condition -- Reality outside Eden -- The book of genealogies -- Noah and the flood -- Epilogue: The regeneration and reordering of society -- The depravity of canaan -- The table of nations -- The tower of babel -- From Shem to Abraham: Transition to the patriarchs -- God's Election of Abraham -- Abram's Rescue of lot -- The covenant between the pieces -- Sarah, Hagar, and the birth of Ishmael -- The covenant in the flesh -- The character of Abraham; the nature of God -- The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah -- Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech -- The akedah: the binding of Isaac -- The offspring of Nahor -- The cave of Machpelah -- The betrothal of Issac -- The genealogies of Abraham -- Isaac, father of two nations -- The adventures of Isaac -- Jacob purloins the blessing -- Jacob's encounter with God -- Jacob's marriages -- The birth of Jacob's children -- Jacob and Laban: the final -- Jacob and Esau once again -- Reunion and return -- The ravishing of Dinah -- The bethel tradition -- Family affairs -- The line of Esau -- Prologue to the joseph story -- Judah and Tamar -- Joseph in Potiphar's household -- Joseph in prison -- Joseph's lieration and rise to power -- Joseph and his brothers-ocnce again -- The second journey to egypt -- The brothers' last trial -- The reconciliation -- The migration to egypt -- Joseph's agrarian policies -- Jacob prepares for death -- The testament of Jacob -- Mourning and burial -- Joseph and his brother: the finale -- NOTES TO THE COMMENTARY -- EXCURSUSES TO THE GENESIS COMMENTARY -- 1. The cherubim -- 2. The chronology of the flood -- 3. The Noachide commandments -- 4. "Abram the Hebrew" -- 5. Pidyon Shevuyim: "remption of captives" -- 6. Melchizedek -- 7. 'El 'Elyon -- 8. "Creator of Heaven and Earth" -- 9. Ben Meshek-Dammesek 'Eli'ezer -- 10. Angelology -- 11. 'El Shaddai -- 12. Circumcision -- 13. The cities of the plain -- 14. Beer-sheba -- 15. The land of the Philistines -- 16. The land of Moriah -- 17. The meaning of the Akedah -- 18. The Akedah in Jewish tradition -- 19. The Hittites of Hebron -- 20. "God of the Father" -- 21. Jacob: the moral issue -- 22. Bethel -- 23. The twelve sons and the twelve tribes -- 24. Jacob's struggle with the angel -- 25. The name "Israel" -- 26. Shechem -- 27. Ephrath, Rachel's Tomb, and Migdal-eder -- 28. The Edomite king list -- 29. Joseph and Potiphar's wife -- 30. The genealogical lists -- NOTES TO THE EXCURSUSES -- WEEKLY TORAH READINGS FROM THE BOOK OF GENESIS -- Bere'shit -- Noah -- Lekh Lekha -- Va-yera' -- Hayyei Sarah -- Toledot -- Va-yetse' -- Va-yeshlah -- Va-yeshev -- Mikkets -- Va-yiggash -- Va-yehi.
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| Subject
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Bible.
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Genesis (bijbelboek)
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Bible., Genesis
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Bible., Genesis
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Bible., A.T., Genèse-- Commentaires.
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Bible., Genesis.
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| Dewey Classification
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222/.11077
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| LC Classification
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BS1235.3.S325 1989
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11.22bcl
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11.40bcl
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11.41bcl
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6,22ssgn
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BC 4040rvk
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