文档介绍：The Jews and the Bible Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture edited by Aron Rodrigue and Steven J. Zipperstein The Jews and the Bible stanford university press stanford, california Jean-Christophe Attias translated by patrick camiller Stanford University Press Stanford, California English translation ? 2015 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. The Jews and the Bible was originally published in French in 2012 under the title Les?Juifs et la Bible ?Librairie Arthème Fayard. This work was published with the help of the Centre national du livre (CNL). No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any informa - tion storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Attias, Jean-Christophe, author. [Juifs et la Bible. English] The Jews and the Bible / Jean-Christophe Attias ; translated by Patrick Camiller. pages cm—(Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture) “Originally published in French in 2012 under the title Les juifs et la Bible.” Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978 - 0 -8047 - 8907 - 3 (cloth : alk. paper)— isbn 978 - 0 -8047 - 9319 - 3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Bible. Old Testament—Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish—History. 2. Judaism—Doctrines. 3. Jews—Identity. I. Title. II. Series: Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture. 20 14 221 . 6088 ' 296 —dc 23 2014023174 isbn 978 - 0 -8047 - 9321 - 6 (electronic) Typeset by Bruce Lundquist in 10 . 5 / 14 Galliard Acknowledgments vii Note on T ranscriptions and Biblical and Rabbinical Quotations ix Prologue xi 1 . An Elusive Book? 1 A Strangely Plural Singular 3 Bibles, Canons, and Languages 11 P