The Consuming Fire: The Complete Priestly Source, from Creation to the Promised Land

296 Pages·2023·6.001 MB·English

by  Liane Feldman

The publisher and the University of California Press
Foundation gratefully acknowledge the generous
support of the Joan Palevsky Endowment Fund in
Literature in Translation.
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The Consuming Fire
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The Consuming Fire
The Complete Priestly Source, from
Creation to the Promised Land
Liane M. Feldman
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
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University of California Press
Oakland, California
© 2023 by Liane Feldman
Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress.
isbn 978-0-520-38365-4 (pbk. : alk. paper)
isbn 978-0-520-38366-1 (ebook)
Manufactured in the United States of America
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For Ari
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contents
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Translator’s Note xv
Introduction 1
1. Creation and the Flood 53
2. The Era of the Patriarchs 63
3. The Descent to Egypt 73
4. At Mount Sinai 89
5. Building Yahweh’s Dwelling 108
6. The Eight-Day Inauguration of Yahweh’s Dwelling Place 119
7. Leaving Mount Sinai 203
Appendix: Possible Materials from the Priestly Narrative
in the Book of Joshua 241
Selected Bibliography 257
About the Author 265
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