Simpson Cuthbert Aikman 1892 1969 (2 results)

Hardcover. 1st. x, 197 p.; 22 cm. A continuation of The early traditions of Israel. Includes translation of the separate sources of Judges. VG orig. purple cloth. Not ex-lib., an unread copy.

Simpson, Cuthbert Aikman, 1892-1969. The early traditions of Israel; a critical analysis of the pre-Deuteronomic narrative of the Hexateuch. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1948, 677pp., very good dust-jacket with Distributed by Macmillan label on spine, very good black cloth, some heavy foxing on endpapers and top foredge. CONTENTS: Introduction -- Notes to introduction -- An analysis of the narrative, Gen. 1:1-Ju. 2:5 -- Notes to analysis -- Lists of Hebrew words and forms characteristic of documents -- Table A: Words and expressions characteristic of J or E documents -- Table B: Words and expressions characteristic of P Document and Rp -- Table C: Certain words and phrases appealed to in the analysis as indicative of a deuteronomic hand -- The beginnings of Jahvism -- The J1 Document with commentary -- The J1 Document in its original order -- The J2 Document with commentary -- The E Document with commentary -- Index -- Index of scripture passages.…