Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus: Hellenistic Histories and the Date of the Pentateuch

by Russell E. Gmirkin

Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus proposes a provocative new theory regarding the date and circumstances of the composition of the Pentateuch. Gmirkin argues that the Hebrew Pentateuch was composed in its entirety about 273-272 BCE by Jewish scholars at Alexandria that later traditions credited with the Septuagint translation of the Pentateuch into Greek. The primary evidence is literary dependence of Gen. 1-11 on Berossus' Babyloniaca (278...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567025926
• ISBN13: 9780567025920
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 9.0"