Sinai and Zion: An Entry into the Jewish Bible

by Jon D. Levenson

Paperback, 1985

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Available

Description

A treasury of religious thought and faith--places the symbolic world of the Bible in its original context.

Publication

Winston Press (1985), 227 pages

Rating

½ (9 ratings; 3.6)

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LibraryThing member rdyornot
Levenson presents an excellent introduction to the Jewish faith as it is represented in scripture. In Sinai & Zion he takes a clear look at the two mountains and the traditions which arose from Jewish experience of them and details their symbolism, meaning, and theological trends which arose:
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Sinai, the mountain of the conditional covenant, Moses, and the twelve tribes and the complex relationship it has to Zion, the mountain of David, the unconditional covenant, and the southern monarchy.

He offers a detailed analysis of their relationship, the subtleties of their interactions, and a needed corrective to a predominant view of biblical Judaism by contemporary christian scholars, theologians and many lay people.
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