In addition to the author of Ezekiel, the poet responsible for Psalm 106 was also clearly familiar with the entire
Pentateuch. The authorship and dating of Psalms is complicated, not least because different Psalms reflect different eras (e.g, the introduction to Psalm 30 speaks of the dedication of the First Temple, a pre-exilic event, while the introduction to Psalm 137 refers to the Babylonian exile).
His focus on continuity underplays the discontinuities; the parallels he draws between the high priest, priest, and Levite of the
Pentateuch and the bishop, priest, and deacon of the early church is "looser" than he acknowledges (100).
Baden addresses the relationship between the J and E documents in the
Pentateuch. He demonstrates that, contrary to the standard claims of classical source criticism, the J and E sources were never combined into a "JE" document.
Covering twenty-five different Bible translations, from the Everett Fox translation of the
Pentateuch and the KJV to the Moffatt Bible and The Message, Choosing a Bible discusses issues of source and target languages, original and contemporary audiences, and gives a quick guide to the defining characteristics of each translation.
Exquisitely handwritten and illuminated by Donald Jackson,
Pentateuch: The Saint John's Bible is as much a work of art as it is a religious text.
Early Medieval Bible Illumination and the Ashburnham
Pentateuch. By Dorothy Verkerk.
"How to undergo the last twenty years of Argentina's provincial rush toward the latest fashions in art and not only survive but come up with a style": This should be the title of Juan Jose Cambre's latest miniretrospective, "Pentateuco" (
Pentateuch).
"Indeed, the legal and historical record does not include significant and meaningful references to the Ten Commandments, the
Pentateuch or to biblical law generally."
Hart discusses the heroic spirit in Homer (he renames the Iliad the Achilead) and then interprets Moses as an epic hero (he calls the
Pentateuch the Mosead).
In chapter one, Eden notes that Erasmus feels authorized to seize cultural goods from enemies by the patristic interpretation of key passages from the
Pentateuch (Exod.
This timely book, written by three noted scholars in the field, draws together all the evidence and presents the first fully illustrated survey of every major manuscript, from the Copper Scroll, the Community Rule and the Temple Scroll to less well-known scripts such as the Angelic Liturgy and Reworked
Pentateuch.
Fortunately, for both groups, Bruce Feiler has written an extraordinary travel guide and spiritual odyssey, walking us through the places made holy and famous by the
Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible.