A thorough investigation of the man and myth of Moses in the world's religious accounts--the Torah, the Bible, the Koran, and others, detailing what did happen and what didn't happen in the uncharted time when the Israelites lived in Egypt. Reflects on how the Moses antecedents affected both Jesus and St. Paul.
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Dr. Ide lives in Iowa. He is the author of more than 200 books on the bible.
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This review is from: Moses: Making of Myth & Law : The Influence of Egyptian Sex, Religion and Law on the Writing of the Torah (Paperback)
First of all, this book is written for people who are familiar with the Torah. Ide moves systematically through each of the five books and analyzes everything from who Moses was, to how the stories were created, to why Moses did certain things. Almost every page is half-covered with footnotes, many of them in Hebrew and Greek.The book explains how Moses got his name (from the sun-god Ra-moses), how the Moses story was created and used in various cultures and religions, and how or why certain things were added in each book, particularly Numbers and Deuteronomy. Ide reveals the Hebrew leaders as religious zealots who lied to and manipulated their people in order to retain power and continue living like kings off the sacrifices and offerings of their people. He does this, however, quite academically, and these conclusions are easily drawn with the mountains of primary-source evidence Ide lays out. This was my first experience with Ide, and he's shown himself to be an accomplished researcher, writer, historian and linguist. He regularly quotes original languages, even hieroglyphics. His conclusions seem to be academic, not bias-motivated, which I consider very important in religious studies. This book is a must-read for anyone who is a Christian, Jew or just interested in Judaism.
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In 1884, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Samuel Langhorne Clemens was published, and one doesn't get beyond the second or third page (depending on edition used) before encountering Huck's definitive statement on the Moses situation: After supper she [the widow Douglas] got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers, and I was in a sweat to find out all about him; but by and by she let it out that Moses had been dead a considerable long time; so then I didn't care no more about him, because I don't take no stock in dead people. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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In 1884, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Samuel Langhorne Clemens was published, and one doesn't get beyond the second or third page (depending on edition used) before encountering Huck's definitive statement on the Moses situation: After supper she [the widow Douglas] got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers, and I was in a sweat to find out all about him; but by and by she let it out that Moses had been dead a considerable long time; so then I didn't care no more about him, because I don't take no stock in dead people. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ritual sodomy, current canon, gods yahweh, apocryphal accounts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Arthur Frederick Ide, New York, New Testament, Holiness Code, Las Colinas, Monument Press, Book of the Covenant, Creation Narrative, Genesis Rabba, Song of Moses, Ten Commandments, Book of Leviticus, Book of Numbers, Mount Sinai, Near East, Ascension of Moses, Moses of the Torah, Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer, Red Sea, Saul of Tarsus, Exodus Rabba, Great Flood, King Saul, Priestly Code, Book of Exodus New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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