HarperCollins Web Site: HarperCollins®, tm®, and HarperSanFrancisco™ are trademarks of HarperCollins Publishers Inc. For information address HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022.įirst P E R E N N I A L LIBRARY edition published in 1989. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Preface to the 1997 Edition Copyright © 1997 by Richard Elliott Friedman. W H O W R O T E T H E BIBLE? Copyright © 1987 by Richard Elliott Friedman. It is here reprinted by arrangement with Summit Books, a division of Simon 6k Schuster, Inc. , Dallas Times HeraldĪ hardcover edition of this book was originally published in 1987 by Summit Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. The field of biblical studies w i l l be enriched by this book.'

Friedman has written that most rare of books: a legitimate intellectual contribution that is also a good read.

It renders the Bible both more interesting and more helpful in dealing wi th the complex issues of our time.' 'What is remarkable about this book is that Friedman manages to do a number of things simultaneously and well. ' I t is an event to have a book as readable and exciting as Who Wrote the Bible? It has about it the resounding smack of solid truth.' 'One of the most dramatic reappraisals of the O l d Testament i n recent times.' Now the documentary theory is entering the public arena. Frank Moore Cross, Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages, Harvard University

I have spent much of my lifetime reading books about the Bible and must confess that I do not remember another that I could not lay aside unfinished.' It is full of new insights and fresh discoveries. It is more than a record of past discoveries. 'Who Wrote the Bible? is a fascinating and bril l iant book.

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