TY  - BOOK
AU  - Holt,John Marshall
TI  - The patriarchs of Israel
AV  - BS 1235.2 .H6
U1  - 222.11095 
PY  - 1964///
CY  - Nashville
PB  - Vanderbilt University Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Genesis
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Patriarchs (Bible)
N1  - Bibliography: p. 219-224;  	I. The patriarchs of Genesis --
The story of the patriarchs --
Behind the story --
Archaeological discovery --
The nature of the problem --
The patriarchal age --
The patriarchal stories as legend --
II. Patriarchal origins --
The biblical Hebrews --
The Habiru --
Social status and way of life --
Contact with other known peoples and places --
The Hurrians --
The Hittites --
The Hyksos --
The Philistines --
Other names of the patriarchal period --
Excursus on the philological problem --
III. Patriarchal family life --
Husbands, wives, and children --
The structure of the family organization --
Property ownership and management --
IV. Patriarchal religion --
Ideas of God --
Worship in patriarchal religion --
Prayer --
Sacred places and institutions --
V. The patriarchs and Egypt --
To and from Egypt in the patriarchal period --
Dating the story of Joseph --
Egyptian local color in Genesis --
VI. At home with the patriarchs
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