Sinning in the Hebrew Bible : how the worst stories speak for its truth /
Segal, Alan F.,1945-2011.
New York : Columbia University Press,
c2012.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-274) and index.
Introduction: the Bible and myth -- The matriarch in peril -- The golden calf: a lesson in chronology -- A historical tragedy: the short-lived Deuteronomic reform -- The concubine of the Levite: a complete horror -- The horror of human sacrifice: sex, intermarriage, and proper descent -- Ways of a man with a woman -- No peace in the royal family -- Conclusion: synoptic sinning.
Bible.
Sin