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Jayhawker Soule · 11-26-2003, 04:24 AM

Is anyone here familiar with Persia and the Torah - The Theory of Imperial Authorization of the Pentateuch, edited by James W. Watts? If so, would you recommend purchasing it?

DrJim · 11-30-2003, 11:26 AM

I've read a lot of it and I think it is well worth the price. Not sure how technical a book you are looking for: this has lots of the big guns talking to each other.
There is some Hebrew, but it is often accompyed with translations.

Its a good collection of opinions.

Here is a link to a very favourable review:
http://www.bookreviews.org/pdf/1828_934.pdf

There was a thread on much this sort of topic in the summer, I was going to write a few summaries of a few of the articles, but then I had some massive domestic crises to attend to, and never got around to it. My notes have disappeared from my always crashing computer too.

JRL.

Jayhawker Soule · 11-30-2003, 06:24 PM

Thanks for the reply, DrJim.

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DrJim Regular Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lethbridge AB Canada Posts: 445	I've read a lot of it and I think it is well worth the price. Not sure how technical a book you are looking for: this has lots of the big guns talking to each other. There is some Hebrew, but it is often accompyed with translations. Its a good collection of opinions. Here is a link to a very favourable review: http://www.bookreviews.org/pdf/1828_934.pdf There was a thread on much this sort of topic in the summer, I was going to write a few summaries of a few of the articles, but then I had some massive domestic crises to attend to, and never got around to it. My notes have disappeared from my always crashing computer too. JRL.

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Jayhawker Soule Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,777	Thanks for the reply, DrJim.

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