“understand better the world in which it was born and how inextricably connected it was to that world; to appreciate the wonder of how it came together; to appreciate that literary study and historical study of the Bible are not… — Richard Elliott Friedman Copy Share Image
“The document that was associated with the divine name Yahweh/Jehovah was called J. The document that was identified as referring to the deity as… — Richard Elliott Friedman Copy Share Image
“missîm. The term missîm in Hebrew refers to a sort of tax, not of money but of physical labor. Citizens owed a month of… — Richard Elliott Friedman Copy Share Image
“Gen 22:11–16a The story of the near-sacrifice of Isaac is traced to E. It refers to the deity as Elohim in vv. 1,3,8, and… — Richard Elliott Friedman Copy Share Image
“The chief pagan god in the region that was to become Israel was El. El was male, patriarchal, a ruler.” — Richard Elliott Friedman Copy Share Image
“There are two different stories of the creation of the world. There are two stories of the covenant between God and the patriarch Abraham,… — Richard Elliott Friedman Copy Share Image
“understand better the world in which it was born and how inextricably connected it was to that world; to appreciate the wonder of how… — Richard Elliott Friedman Copy Share Image
“no word in the Hebrew language of that period for “religion.” Religion was not a separate, identifiable category of beliefs and activities. It was… — Richard Elliott Friedman Copy Share Image
“of the story would refer to the deity simply as “God.” That is, the doublets lined up into two groups of parallel versions of… — Richard Elliott Friedman Copy Share Image
