I thirst! Water, I beseech thee
Mary Douglas: Sadducees v. Pharisees, 23 June 2005
How the Bible Became a Book: The Textualisation of Ancient Israel
by William Schniedewind.
Cambridge, 257 pp., £25, May 2005,0 521 82946 1 Show More
by William Schniedewind.
Cambridge, 257 pp., £25, May 2005,
“... intact – or they may be radically transformed. These processes provide the central theme of William Schniedewind’s book, in which he traces every mention of writing in the Bible, and carefully tracks the loyalties divided between the oral and the written Torah through the history of Judaism. He also notes those who support both commitments: deep ... ”
