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	Beginnings of Judaism by Professor Isaiah M. Gafni
	Religions of the Axial Age: An Approach to the World's Religions by Professor Mark W. Muesse Year: 2007
	The Book of Genesis by Professor Gary A. Rendsburg Year: 2006
	The Dead Sea Scrolls by Professor Gary A. Rendsburg
	The Old Testament by Professor Amy-Jill Levine Year: 2001

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The World of Biblical Israel

by Professor Cynthia R. Chapman

We all have associations with the word “Israel”—a modern-day nation in the Middle East that makes up part of the biblical Holy Land. But how did ancient Israel emerge? Who were the Israelites and where did they come from? What was it like to live in biblical Israel? Before unpacking...

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The Dead Sea Scrolls

by Professor Gary A. Rendsburg

The year: 1947. A Bedouin shepherd tracks one of his stray goats into a cave mouth above the shore of the Dead Sea at a desolate place named Qumran. Inside, he discovers a pair of tall, thin clay pots. And what he finds when he opens those pots will be...

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Beginnings of Judaism

by Professor Isaiah M. Gafni

How did Judaism develop from its biblical roots to the highly developed system we know today? What has changed—and what has remained constant? The answers to these questions are relevant to all faiths, as well as to anyone seeking to broaden their understanding of ancient history—a past that is inexorably...

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The Old Testament

by Professor Amy-Jill Levine

The Old Testament, or Tanakh, was written in ancient Israel over 1,000 years by many authors. What can this book teach us about the ancient Israelites? What does our faith find in new scholarly understanding? As scripture or as the most influential piece of literature ever written, this book is...

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The Book of Genesis

by Professor Gary A. Rendsburg

The Book of Genesis, regardless of our faith, is something with which almost all of us in the Western world are familiar—a foundational work of our culture we have read and, we believe, understood. After all, its language, despite its remarkable elegance, is simple. Its powerful sentences are short. And...

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