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“Very highly recommended.” - Library Journal - Product Details “An important and useful volume which should be on the book shelf of every serious student of the Bible.” - Frank Moore Cross, Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages Emeritus, Harvard University No one can really understand the Bible’s composition without consulting this work.” - Baruch Halpern, Chaiken Family Chair in Jewish Studies, Pennsylvania State University “A volume indispensable for study in Biblical history. “A succinct, lucid, detailed exposition and defense of the classic Documentary Hypothesis-a highly useful resource.” - Eugene Ulrich, University of Notre Dame “A fundamental resource for understanding what the Hebrew Bible is all about.” - Peter Machinist, Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages, Harvard University Coogan, Editor, The New Oxford Annotated Bible, The Oxford History of the Biblical World, and The Oxford Companion to the Bible “Friedman’s The Bible with Sources Revealed is a paradigm of accessible scholarship of the highest order.” - Michael D.

It makes the theory of the Bible’s origins available to all in a clear and concise way.” - David Ellenson, President of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion David Ellenson, President of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Critical Praise This book will be an indispensable addition to the library of scholars as well as laypeople.” It makes the theory of the Bible’s origins available to all in a clear and concise way. He is the author of numerous books, including The Hidden Face of God, Commentary on the Torah, and Who Wrote the Bible? Friedman earned his doctorate at Harvard and was a visiting scholar at Oxford and Cambridge. He previously held the Katzin Chair at the University of California, San Diego. Richard Elliot Friedman is a biblical scholar and the Ann and Jay Davis Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Georgia. By understanding its intricate design, readers can now further appreciate the rich complexity of the Bible.

The book contains Friedman’s English translations of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, with each of the four sources distinguished by different fonts, colors, and typefaces. In The Bible with Sources Revealed, Friedman describes each of the sources - their historical backgrounds, political and social agendas, relationships to each other, and when and how each of the Five Books was assembled. It has long been accepted in the field of biblical studies that there were four major sources for the early books of the Old Testament, commonly known as J, E, P, and D. Richard Elliott Friedman, one of the world’s foremost experts on the Bible, reveals the complex and fascinating origins of the Five Books of Moses with a unique visual presentation.