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The mythic past : biblical archaeology and the myth of Israel

Author: Thomas L Thompson
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, ©1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st U.S. edView all editions and formats
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Thompson insists that the Old Testament is a fantastic literary parable about a mankind that has lost its way, and in the process rejects all Jewish claims to the modern state of Israel. The foundation of the Jewish claim is said to be a myth born of intellectual, philosophical, and mythological tradtions of the great empires of antiquity, and based on the fictions found in the Old Testament.
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Genre/Form: Controversial literature
Ouvrages de controverse
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Thompson, Thomas L., 1939-
Mythic past.
New York : Basic Books, c1999
(OCoLC)646957521
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Thomas L Thompson
ISBN: 0465006221 9780465006229
OCLC Number: 41237958
Description: xix, 412 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Responsibility: Thomas L. Thompson.
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Abstract:

Thompson insists that the Old Testament is a fantastic literary parable about a mankind that has lost its way, and in the process rejects all Jewish claims to the modern state of Israel. The foundation of the Jewish claim is said to be a myth born of intellectual, philosophical, and mythological tradtions of the great empires of antiquity, and based on the fictions found in the Old Testament.

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