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Surpassing wonder : the invention of the Bible and the Talmuds

This text provides a reinterpretation of the great religious texts in the history of Western civilization, illuminating how our greatest cultural artifacts are related to each other and constitute the very core of our consciousness.
Print Book, English, ©1998
McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, ©1998
Criticism, interpretation, etc
viii, 658 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780773517813, 9780773522893, 0773517812, 0773522891
39051397
Introduction
Inventing the covenant
Inventive fecundity and Judahist multiplicity: the Second Temple era
The invention of Christianity
The invention of the Jewish faith
Appendices
"Published simultaneously in the United States by Harcourt Brace & Company"--Title page verso