Surpassing Wonder: The Invention of the Bible and the Talmuds - Softcover

Akenson, Donald Harman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226010732 ISBN 13: 9780226010731

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2001

Synopsis

Elegant and inventive, Surpassing Wonder uncovers how the ancient Hebrew scriptures, the Christian New Testament, and the Talmuds of the Rabbis are related and how, collectively, they make up the core of Western consciousness. Donald Harman Akenson provides an incisive critique of how religious scholars have distorted the holy books and argues that it was actually the inventor of the Hebrew scriptures who shaped our concept of narrative history—thereby founding Western culture.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

A book for readers of all faiths, Surpassing Wonder uncovers how the ancient Hebrew scriptures, the Christian New Testament, and the Talmuds of the Rabbis are related and how, collectively, they make up the core of Western consciousness.

About the Author:

Donald Harman Akenson teaches at Queen's University in Canada and is the Beamish Research Professor at the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool. He is the Canada Council Molson Laureate and the author of over twenty books and novels.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0226010732
• ISBN 13: 9780226010731
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 658