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(Paperback)
By: James L. Kugel
ISBN: 9780691141237
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2009
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Rife with incest, rape, and murder, the biblical story of Jacob and his children must have troubled ancient readers. This title traces the steps of ancient biblical interpreters as they struggled with such problems. It reveals how they often fixed on a little detail in the Bible's wording to 'deduce' something not openly stated in the narrative.
