01607cam a22002411 45000010008000000030006000080050017000140080041000310100017000720350018000890400033001070420012001400500019001520820014001711000025001852450031002102600052002413000024002935040030003175050942003476300053012896500023013429858189AUA.120160418122743.0720728s1964 tnu b 000 0 eng  a 64013543  a(OCoLC)367997 aDLCcONowdMdOCoLCdODadDLC apremarc00aBS 1235.2b.H6 a222.110951 aHolt, John Marshall.14aThe patriarchs of Israel / aNashville,bVanderbilt University Press,c1964. avii, 239 p.c22 cm. aBibliography: p. 219-224. a I. The patriarchs of Genesis -- The story of the patriarchs -- Behind the story -- Archaeological discovery -- The nature of the problem -- The patriarchal age -- The patriarchal stories as legend -- II. Patriarchal origins -- The biblical Hebrews -- The Habiru -- Social status and way of life -- Contact with other known peoples and places -- The Hurrians -- The Hittites -- The Hyksos -- The Philistines -- Other names of the patriarchal period -- Excursus on the philological problem -- III. Patriarchal family life -- Husbands, wives, and children -- The structure of the family organization -- Property ownership and management -- IV. Patriarchal religion -- Ideas of God -- Worship in patriarchal religion -- Prayer -- Sacred places and institutions -- V. The patriarchs and Egypt -- To and from Egypt in the patriarchal period -- Dating the story of Joseph -- Egyptian local color in Genesis -- VI. At home with the patriarchs.00aBible.pGenesisxCriticism, interpretation, etc. 0aPatriarchs (Bible)