Early Hebrew Orthography
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Frank Moore Cross Libri
Frank Moore Cross Jr. è stato uno studioso fondamentale nell'interpretazione dei Rotoli del Mar Morto e nell'epigrafia semitica nordoccidentale. Il suo lavoro si è addentrato in profondità nei testi antichi, cercando di comprenderne i contesti storici e linguistici. Il contributo duraturo di Cross risiede nella sua metodologia rigorosa e nel suo profondo impatto sulla nostra comprensione della letteratura e della religione ebraica primitiva.
From Epic to Canon
History and Literature in Ancient Israel
In From Epic to Canon, Cross discusses specific issues that illuminate central questions about the Hebrew Bible and those who created and preserved it. He challenges the persistent attempt to read Protestant theological polemic against law into ancient Israel. Cross uncovers the continuities between the institutions of kinship and of covenant which he describes as "extended kinship." He examines the social structures of ancient Israel and reveals that beneath later social and cultural accretions, the concept of covenant - as opposed to codified law - was a vital part of Israel's earliest institutions. He then draws parallels between the expression of kinship and covenant among the Israelites and that among other ancient societies, as well as in primitive societies.
