A Search for the Origins of Judaism: From Joshua to the Mishnah

by Etienne Nodet

Translated by J. Edward Crowley. This radical reconstruction of the origins of Judaism starts by observing that Josephus's sources on the early history of Israel do not agree with the Bible and that the oldest rabbinic traditions show no sign of a biblical foundation. Another interesting question is raised by the Samaritan claim, at the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, that they had only recently received the Sabbath from the Jews. From such details,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1850754454
• ISBN13: 9781850754459
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"