TY - BOOK AU - Douglas,Mary TI - Jacob's tears: the priestly work of reconciliation SN - 9780191532726 AV - BS1171.3 .D68 2006 U1 - 222.106 22 PY - 2006///, ©2004 CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Bible KW - Pentateuch KW - Authorship KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Pentateuque KW - Critique, interprétation, etc KW - fast KW - Bibel KW - gnd KW - Jews KW - History KW - To 70 A.D KW - Juifs KW - Histoire KW - Jusqu'à 70 KW - RELIGION KW - Biblical Studies KW - Old Testament KW - bisacsh KW - Politics and government KW - Middle East KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Counting and recounting Jacob's twelve sons -- Jacob weeping for Joseph -- Ezra reduces all Israel to Judah -- Balaam delivers God's blessings on all Israel -- Problems in reading the priestly books -- The bodyhouse cosmogram -- Uncleanness and taboo draw the lines of the world -- One god, no ancestors, in a world renewed N2 - Who is Israel? Who were the priestly authors of the Pentateuch? This anthropological reading of the Bible starts by asking why the Book of Numbers lists the 12 tribes of Israel seven times UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1061449 ER -