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vii Contents Dedication and Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi Chapter One The Editing of the Torah 1 Chapter Two The Uniqueness of the Priestly Torah 9 Chapter Three Knowing Good and Evil: God and Humanity in J’s Story of Beginnings 37 Chapter Four Good, Evil, and Holiness in Isaiah and the Holiness School 51 Chapter Five Israel’s Debate over God’s Sanctuary 71 Chapter Six Israel’s Debate over King and Messiah 87 Chapter Seven New Conceptions of Evil and Suffering during the Period of Exile and Return 101 Chapter Eight The Emergence of the Sects in Ancient Judaism 123 viii Postscript 145 Abbreviations 147 Appendix A Dating the Sources of the Torah 149 Appendix B Biblical Passages and Their Source Derivations 157 Notes 159 Index of Biblical Passages and Other References 193 Subject Index 197 CONTENTS ...

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