TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heapes,John R.
TI  - How the Bible begins: a sociological study 
SN  - 9781725296916
AV  - BS1225.6.S55 
U1  - 222/.107 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Eugene, OR
PB  - Resource Publications, an imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers
KW  - Bible
KW  - Pentateuch
KW  - Social scientific criticism
KW  - Commentaries
KW  - fast
KW  - Biblical Studies
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Biblical Reference
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Social scientific criticism of sacred works
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; The Bible's structure -- Sociology -- First five books of the Bible -- Commentary on the First five books of the Bible -- Sociological analysis -- Conclusion
N2  - How the Bible Begins: A Sociological Study uses a Dramaturgical Approach, borrowed from Erving Goffman. This theatrical metaphor has readers imagining society like a play in five acts: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The curtain goes up in Genesis to an empty, dark stage that, shortly afterwards, has its first performers appear--Adam, and then Eve. The foundation of this book rests on six fundamental questions which are answered within its pages: who, what, when, where, why, and how. Readers learn how many people populate each biblical book, each book's theme, when events took place, where action happened, what each book's purpose was, and how each book was composed. These books chronicled the passage of travelers who first departed Mesopotamia in search of the promised land, and later they left Egypt after four hundred years of slavery. Guided by God, these people formed a nation out of these epic journeys
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