ABSTRACT

Sacred Enigmas assesses the religious and intellectual significance of the Hebrew Bible both as a document of its time and as an important step in the development of thought. It presents the major aspects of biblical religion through detailed literary analyses of key texts, presented in English translation to make them accessible to the general reader as well as scholars.

chapter 1|8 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|21 pages

The Struggle at the Jabbok

The uses of enigma in biblical religion

chapter 3|32 pages

Fiery Wisdom

The Deuteronomic tradition

chapter 4|25 pages

Blood Cult

An interpretation of the priestly work of the Pentateuch

chapter 5|21 pages

Where is Wisdom?

chapter 6|34 pages

The Riddle of Prophecy

chapter 7|15 pages

The Rape of Dinah

Sexuality and transcendence

chapter 8|11 pages

The Garden of the Self

chapter |3 pages

Epilogue