The Genesis calendar : the synchronistic tradition in Genesis 1-11 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gardner, Bruce K.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Imprint:	Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2001]
Subjects:	Bible. > Genesis, I-XI > Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. > Genesis, I-XI. Jewish calendar. Jewish chronology.
Retention:	Retained for Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST) http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials

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Summary:	While studying the Massoretic Hebrew, Samaritan Pentateuch, and Septuagint Greek texts of Genesis 1-11, Gardner (Aberdeen U., Scotland) discovered calendars long disguised as patriarchal genealogies: the family tree from Shem to Terah and Abram. He explains that the calendars are on either side of the Flood, which figures as a Sho'ah, cataclysm or exile, and thus comprise a Before and an After to that exile. The verse is, he argues, a Second Temple essay pleading for Jewish unity. c. Book News Inc.
Physical Description:	xx, 374 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-355) and index.
ISBN:	0761819681 076181969X
Author Notes:	Bruce K. Gardner is Honorary Research Fellow in Hebrew and Semitic Languages, Aberdeen University, Scotland, UK, and Visiting External Course Tutor in Apocalyptic, the McMaster Divinity College, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada. He taught Theological Education by Extension in Lima, Peru, and maintains lively contact (in Spanish) with the Latin American world. He has also taught Foundational Theology and Philosophy in the Continuing Education Department, Aberdeen University, UK, and was Teaching Fellow in Hebrew Bible, in the Department of Divinity and Religious Studies there.

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