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  <titleInfo>
    <title>From epic to canon</title>
    <subTitle>Ancient</subTitle>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Cross, Frank Moore</namePart>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>Johns Hopkins University Press</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1998</dateIssued>
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    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xv, 262 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Part I. Epic traditions of early Israel -- 1. Kinship and covenant in ancient Israel -- 2. Traditional narrative and the reconstruction of early Israelite institutions -- 3. Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob: Sacral traditions and early Israelite history -- Part II. Priestly lore and its near eastern background -- 4. The "olden gods" in ancient near eastern creation myths and in Israel -- 5. The priestly tabernacle and the temple of Solomon -- Part III. Studies in the structure of Hebrew verse -- 6. The prosody of Lamentations 1 and the psalm of Jonah -- 7. Toward a history of Hebrew prosody -- Part IV. Return to Zion -- 8. A reconstruction of the Judaean restoration -- 9. Samaria and Jerusalem in the era of the restoration -- Part V. QumraÌ'n and the history of the biblical text -- 10. The fixation of the text of the Hebrew Bible -- 11. The stabilization of the Canon of the Hebrew Bible -- Part VI. Typology and historical method -- 12. Alphabets and pots: Reflections on typological method in the dating of artifcats -- Index of biblical citations -- Index of technical terms -- Index of authors -- General index.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Frank Moore Cross</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc.Bible. Old Testament</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">BS1171.2  .C77 1998</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">97808018598230801859824</identifier>
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