Joseph's bones
understanding the struggle between God and mankind in the Bible
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Author
Publication
2007 - Riverhead Books, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
76,750 words, Guess
Page Count
307 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL17951353M
- ISBN-139781594489396
- ISBN-101594489394
- OCLC Control Number76261878
- OCLC Control Numberjosephsbonesunde0000sega
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2006037168
- LibraryThing3371393
- Goodreads449209
Classifications
- DDC222/.11092
- LCCBS580.J6 S445 2007
Description
A bold and radical reinterpretation of the Old Testament. "Brilliant...Nothing quite like it has appeared in years." (Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography )Imagine if someone who had never heard of Judaism or Christianity read the Old Testament. How could the relationship between God and humanity possibly be understood? In Joseph's Bones, Segal approaches the Bible from this fresh perspective-one framed by the story of the Israelites' fidelity to Joseph-and finds something unexpected: an account of the human condition that reads like an existential novel about the struggle of mankind against the unpredictable and often unwarranted wrath of God. This is a rarity in Biblical interpretation-brilliant and rigorously argued, "a work of stunning originality."
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