Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus Hellenistic Histories and the Date of the Pentateuch

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ISBN: 9780567025920 | 0567025926
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Copyright: 5/15/2006

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Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus proposes a provocative new theory regarding the date and circumstances of the composition of the Pentateuch. Gmirkin argues that the Hebrew Pentateuch was composed in its entirety about 273-272 BCE by Jewish schol

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Acknowledgments	ix
Abbreviations	xi
Chapter 1 METHODOLOGY AND HISTORY OF SCHOLARSHIP	1	(21)
Chapter 2 THE DOCUMENTARY HYPOTHESIS	22	(12)
Chapter 3 HECATAEUS OF ABDERA	34	(38)
Chapter 4 ARISTOBULUS AND THE SEPTUAGINT	72	(17)
Chapter 5 BEROSSUS AND GENESIS	89	(51)
Chapter 6 THE TABLE OF NATIONS	140	(30)
Chapter 7 MANETHO AND THE HYKSOS	170	(22)
Chapter 8 MANETHO AND THE POLLUTED EGYPTIANS	192	(23)
Chapter 9 NECTANEBOS AND MOSES	215	(7)
Chapter 10 THE ROUTE OF THE EXODUS	222	(18)
Chapter 11 DATE AND AUTHORSHIP OF THE PENTATEUCH	240	(17)
Appendix A BEROSSUS AND MEGASTHENES	257	(2)
Appendix B THEOPHANES OF MYTILENE	259	(5)
Appendix C THE SAMARITAN PENTATEUCH	264	(2)
Appendix D THE RIVERS OF EDEN	266	(5)
Appendix E TARSUS AND THE NORA INSCRIPTION	271	(6)
Appendix F SETH-TYPHON AND TIIE JEWS	277	(20)
Bibliography	297	(13)
Index of References	310	(19)
Index of Authors	329

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Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus Hellenistic Histories and the Date of the Pentateuch

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