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One of the World's Foremost Bible Experts Offers a Groundbreaking Presentation of the Five Books of Moses

In The Bible with Sources Revealed, Richard Elliott Friedman offers a new, visual presentation of the Five Books of Moses -- Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy -- unlocking the complex and fascinating tapestry of their origins. Different colors and type styles allow readers to easily identify each of the distinct sources, showcasing Friedman's highly acclaimed and dynamic translation.

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August 16, 2005
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6 x 1 x 9 inches
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9780060730659
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“An amazing work. It makes the theory of the Bible’s origins available to all in a clear and concise way.” -- David Ellenson, President of Hebrew Union College--Jewish Institute of Religion

“Friedman’s The Bible with Sources Revealed is a paradigm of accessible scholarship of the highest order.” -- Michael D. Coogan, Editor, The New Oxford Annotated Bible, The Oxford History of the Biblical World, and The Oxford Companion to the Bible

“A fundamental resource for understanding what the Hebrew Bible is all about.” -- Peter Machinist, Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages, Harvard University

“A succinct, lucid, detailed exposition and defense of the classic Documentary Hypothesis--a highly useful resource.” -- Eugene Ulrich, University of Notre Dame

“A volume indispensable for study in Biblical history. No one can really understand the Bible’s composition without consulting this work.” -- Baruch Halpern, Chaiken Family Chair in Jewish Studies, Pennsylvania State University

“An important and useful volume which should be on the book shelf of every serious student of the Bible.” -- Frank Moore Cross, Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages Emeritus, Harvard University

“Very highly recommended.” -- Library Journal

About the Author

RICHARD ELLIOTT FRIEDMAN is one of the premier bible scholars in the country. He earned his doctorate at Harvard and was a visiting fellow at Oxford and Cambridge, a Senior Fellow of the American Schools of Oriental Research in Jerusalem, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Haifa. He is the Ann & Jay Davis Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Georgia and the Katzin Professor of Jewish Civilization Emeritus of the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Commentary on the Torah, The Disappearance of God, The Hidden Book in the Bible, The Bible with Sources Revealed, The Bible Now, The Exile and Biblical Narrative, the bestselling Who Wrote the Bible?, and most recently, The Exodus. He was an American Council of Learned Societies Fellow and was elected to membership in The Biblical Colloquium. His books have been translated into Hebrew, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Polish, Hungarian, Dutch, Portuguese, Czech, Turkish, Korean, and French. He was a consultant for the Dreamworks film The Prince of Egypt, for Alice Hoffman's The Dovekeepers, and for NBC, A&E, PBS, and Nova.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 006073065X
Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperOne; Illustrated edition (August 16, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780060730659
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0060730659
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.18 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #276,562 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #384 in Christian Bible Exegesis & Hermeneutics

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OldTestament

Great book and content BUT...

Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2020

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This book is great- A noted scholar with very interesting points but I had some issues with the book overall:

The author assumes things and never explains why he thinks that way. Regardless if you agree or disagree, you should at least give some reasoning. My second major issue with the book may be the fault of the publisher- When you get the sections that actually attempt to reveal sources, the sources are broken up by different fonts, colors, and style. A great system, except almost all the fonts are from the same font group, Sans, and the colors range from a blue green to a green blue- The variation is VERY difficult to even pick them apart. I have to hold the book directly under a lamp to even attempt to see what color is what etc. Huge flaw on an otherwise good work.

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Jeff Martin

A must have!

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2019

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Wow! The intro and second chapter about the collection of evidence for the four source theory is easily worth the price of the book! It does a good job of defending the overall concept against naysayers. I have found myself going back to the evidence chapter over and over again.

So Friedman’s basic argument is that each source flows nicely without the other sources and this is part of the basis on how he divides the sources. If only he would have stuck closer to his own idea! I found right away with the Noah story that the P source does not, according to the way he divides it up flow nicely from Genesis 1. I made all kinds of marks in the book suggesting different ways based on Friedman’s own advice! For instance, I don’t see why Gen 5 can’t be The P source except for verse 29. It helps the story flow better which is kinda the point! I noticed abruptness again in Gen 10,11 and then again in Gen 25 and especially Gen 27-33. Again in Gen 42-47!

It is all over in Exodus as well. In fact it is really hard to justify any of the sources not having a version of Moses’ birth story and with Pharoahs daughter. Without it Neither E or P flow at all! I found that the redactor that likes to combine J and E IMO is way more active then Friedman sees it. Especially after the Moses story it’s hard to distinguish and also, again one must believe that the original sources had a flow to them.

So I would have given it 5 stars but he doesn’t follow his own advice and needs to notice the lack of flow in his version of it. But he does an excellent job of showing that there are different sources even though people might have some alternate color coding.

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J Steven Beckham

It has been particularly useful in teaching Genesis

Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2016

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I use this text in combination with other materials to teach Adult Education at the church I pastor. It has been particularly useful in teaching Genesis. This book provides a useful introduction to and supporting argument for the Documentary Hypothesis then color codes the text of the Torah to show which of the various origin documents are in use from passage to passage. If you are working with intelligent adults who are ready for something more substantial and thought-provoking that traditional Sunday School fare I highly recommend this book and suggest that you may find Friedman's other works useful, too, particularly Who Wrote the Bible.
J. Steven Beckham
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Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Long Beach, CA

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Scott

Clarity without attack.

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2018

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Definitely a balanced look at the sources. I was half expecting an attack on the validity of the scriptures as most scholarly works of this type often seem to be but was pleasantly surprised. The book is definitely a valuable learning tool.

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Please do not use my name.

The different sources, J, E, P, and D and others are printed in different colors.

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2020

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The author is a scholar. He has written many books on the Bible.

Language changes over the centuries. He knows the language that was used in the time of the judges, in the time of King David & Solomon, in the time of King Josiah, in the time of King Hezekiah.

I can choose to check to see who wrote this verse or that verse. Were these two verses from the same source or not?

Or I can choose one color and read the Bible from that one source. Amazingly, it reads smoothly, no matter which color I choose.

There are interesting footnotes, but not enough to interrupt the reading. The entire Pentateuch is all still right there, in its normal order, in a good translation.

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David Emme

This review is about Amazon and not the author or his work.

Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2018

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Bought the Kindle version and cannot download into reader App or Kindle device. Just thought-have to read it in the cloud. If Amazon is going to sell a work in the Kindle format, better make sure you can actually download it. I always get an error that it is not compatible with this device.

I am a Fundamentalist and enjoy being challanged from time to time and for me-just never been a big fan of approved reading lists. Since I have not read it-have to be fair to the author and give a five star rating but for Amazon-I give a one star rating!

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Sandra Ham

The fonts are shades of blue and green which are not easily distinguishable in soft white lighting

Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2015

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The Pentateuch with sources differentiated by font is very convenient for distinguishing between the different literary styles and possible authors and redactors and reading one source at a time. However, the fonts are shades of blue and green which are not easily distinguishable in soft white lighting. The copy of the book that arrived at my door has some pages with lighter ink than facing pages, making it a bit challenging to know at a glance whether facing pages have different fonts (regular and bold) indicating different sources or just a problem with the ink. The book is readable as it was designed to be read, but requires more work than it might otherwise if the fonts were more easily distinguishable and the printing was consistent weight.

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KZO

It won't download to Kindle

Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2020

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I don't know why. At least not to my Kindle. Or to my Mac. Had to go in and request a refund, which of course is my favorite way to *waste my effing time* instead of *reading the book I thought I'd bought*.

The book is great. Get a paperback copy.

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Illuminating

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 14, 2019

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It is widely agreed that the Pentateuch (first five books of the bible) was compiled from at least four main sources. There are those who think that the parts have been skilfully woven into a coherent whole, but if that were the case this book would have little value. As it is, the editing leaves much to be desired, (if you are in any doubt about this, see the story of Noah and his ark, Genesis 7), so Friedman’s ‘bible with sources revealed’ sheds much light on this and many other passages that have inherent inconsistencies and contradictions. I have also found the many footnotes useful. There are, of course, some features that remain baffling. For instance, why, after God had twice given Moses the second of ten commandments to make no graven images, Exodus 20:4 and again 34:17, does He then instruct Moses to make such an image, (of a snake!), Numbers 21:8?
Friedman has undertaken his own translation of the sources, which has not always been helpful. To cite one example, Exodus 33:15. Moses descends Mount Sinai with the ten commandments;
KJV; ... the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
NEB; ... inscribed on both sides; on the front and on the back they were inscribed.
Friedman; ... tablets written from their two sides: from this side and from this side were they written.
This is not a major issue, but there are more instances of this nature, which all interrupt the flow of the narrative, so I have awarded only four stars. This work does however succeed in helping make more comprehensible that which has been poorly constructed.

What a great book to takes you to some interesting realisations of ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 16, 2016

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What a great book to takes you to some interesting realisations of the development of the Bible. Each source is colour coded and it does enable you to gain a sense of who and around what date each section was written. It could do with a few more notes at the bottom of the text where he spots some interesting explanations- for example the different source theory neatly explains how Abraham seems to come from two different places with a later interpolation to try and cover over the reason for this. It's probably a translation you may find a little anthropological.

Mr. Roger Eden

Who wrote the Bible?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 24, 2014

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An excellent case for different authors, different traditions, in the Old Testamant. This is the definitive case for what is known as "The Documentary Hypothesis".
The Old Testament divides people, some think it's they very word of God, others are sure it cannot be "true", whilst yet others believe that has been superseded, either by the New Statement or the Quran.
If this was written by God, it appears to be in emulation how people would write it.
Fascinating and well argued.

Simon Loveday

Awesome scholarship, patient and thorough explanation

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 27, 2013

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Fantastic. Indispensable for anyone studying the OT. Thoroughly argued, utterly scholarly, completely convincing. Friedman is an extraordinary writer on all aspects of the Bible.

Philip and Yve Clark

Excellent Service - Yet Again!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 8, 2016

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Thank you for getting this brilliant and replacement book (for me) so quickly! Very pleased.

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