TY - BOOK AU - Livingston,G.Herbert TI - The Pentateuch in its cultural environment SN - 0801055407 U1 - 222 PY - 1974///] CY - Grand Rapids PB - Baker Book House KW - Bible KW - Pentateuch KW - History of contemporary events KW - Old Testament KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Bible. O.T. Pentateuch -- History of contemporary KW - events KW - Bible. O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Einführung KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Part 1: Time, people, and communications -- A chronological frame for the ancient Near East -- The people of the ancient Near East -- The languages of the ancient Near East -- The scripts of the ancient Near East -- Part 2: Literature, concepts, and practices -- The literature of the ancient Near East -- Thought and expression in the ancient Near East -- The ancient literature compared with the Pentateuch -- Part 3: Assumptions, Critical methods, and theories -- Ways of looking at the Pentateuch -- The manuscripts and Mosaic authorship -- The Pentateuch and canonization ER -