Cross, Frank Moore, <br/><br/>
From epic to canon :  history and literature in ancient Israel /  [print] 
Frank Moore Cross. 
 - Johns Hopkins paperbacks edition. 
 - Baltimore :  Johns Hopkins University Press,  (c)2000. 
 - xv, 262 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
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<br/><br/>part 1. Epic traditions of early Israel: Kinship and covenant in ancient Israel ; Traditional narrative and the reconstruction of early Israelite institutions ; Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob : sacral traditions and early Israelite history --  part 2. Priestly lore and its Near Eastern background: The "olden gods" in ancient Near Eastern creation myths and in Israel ; The priestly tabernacle and the Temple of Solomon --  part 3. Studies in the structure of Hebrew verse: The prosody of Lamentations 1 and the Psalm of Jonah ; Toward a history of Hebrew prosody --  part 4. Return to Zion: A reconstruction of the Judean restoration ; Samaria and Jerusalem in the era of restoration --  part 5. Qumran and the history of the biblical text: The fixation of the text of the Hebrew Bible ; The stabilization of the canon of the Hebrew Bible --  part 6. Typology and historical method: Alphabets and pots : reflections on typological method in the dating of artifacts. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801865336 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>98007322 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--Old Testament
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Judaism--History--To 70 A.D.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1171 BS1171.C951.F766 2000