Edward Feld

The Book of Revolutions

The Battles of Priests, Prophets, and Kings That Birthed the Torah

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Book of Revolutions unveils the epic saga of ancient Israel as the visionary legacy of inspired authors in different times and places, and the Torah as an emblem of pluralistic belief born of three revolutionary moments in history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jewish Publication Society
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 504g
• ISBN-13: 9780827615229
• ISBN-10: 0827615221
• Artikelnr.: 62892140

Autorenporträt

Edward Feld is senior editor of Siddur Lev Shalem, the Rabbinical Assembly prayerbook for Sabbaths and festivals, and its sister High Holiday volume Mahzor Lev Shalem. He is the author of The Spirit of Renewal: Faith after the Holocaust and Joy, Despair, and Hope: Reading Psalms.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Prelude: Origins of the People Israel
Part I. Revolution in Northern Israel
1. Elijah’s Victory
2. The Covenant Code
3. The Heritage of the Covenant Code
First Interlude: In Judea
Part II. Revolution in Judea
4. Years of Turmoil
5. Josiah and the Book of Deuteronomy
6. Law in Deuteronomy
7. Deuteronomy’s Revelation
8. The People and the Land
9. The Heritage of Deuteronomy
Second Interlude: The End of Monarchy
Part III. Revolution in Babylonia
10. Priests, Prophets, and Scribes in Exile
11. The Holiness Code
12. The Heritage of the Holiness Code
Part IV. The Last Revolution
13. The Torah
Final Thoughts
Notes
Bibliography
Index