The Holt, John Marshall. creator text bibliography tnu Nashville Vanderbilt University Press 1964 monographic eng

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vii, 239 p. 22 cm. 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. Bibliography: p. 219-224. Criticism, interpretation, etc Patriarchs (Bible) BS 1235.2 .H6 222.11095 64013543 DLC 720728 20160418122743.0 9858189