Liane M. Feldman is Assistant Professor in the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. She is author of The Story of Sacrifice: Ritual and Narrative in the Priestly Source.

"This standout addition to the World Literature in Translation collection is based in diligent scholarship and provides a readable, modern translation that will be accessible to a broad audience. . . . Rivet[ing]."

• ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsTranslator’s NoteIntroduction 1. Creation and the Flood 2. The Era of the Patriarchs 3. The Descent to Egypt 4. At Mount Sinai5. Building Yahweh’s Dwelling 6. The Eight-Day Inauguration of Yahweh’s Dwelling Place 7. Leaving Mount Sinai Appendix: Possible Materials from the Priestly Narrative in the Book of Joshua Selected Bibliography About the Author

Liane M. Feldman is Assistant Professor in the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. She is author of The Story of Sacrifice: Ritual and Narrative in the Priestly Source.

"This standout addition to the World Literature in Translation collection is based in diligent scholarship and provides a readable, modern translation that will be accessible to a broad audience. . . . Rivet[ing]."

• ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsTranslator’s NoteIntroduction 1. Creation and the Flood 2. The Era of the Patriarchs 3. The Descent to Egypt 4. At Mount Sinai5. Building Yahweh’s Dwelling 6. The Eight-Day Inauguration of Yahweh’s Dwelling Place 7. Leaving Mount Sinai Appendix: Possible Materials from the Priestly Narrative in the Book of Joshua Selected Bibliography About the Author

Liane M. Feldman is Assistant Professor in the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. She is author of The Story of Sacrifice: Ritual and Narrative in the Priestly Source.

"This standout addition to the World Literature in Translation collection is based in diligent scholarship and provides a readable, modern translation that will be accessible to a broad audience. . . . Rivet[ing]."

• ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsTranslator’s NoteIntroduction 1. Creation and the Flood 2. The Era of the Patriarchs 3. The Descent to Egypt 4. At Mount Sinai5. Building Yahweh’s Dwelling 6. The Eight-Day Inauguration of Yahweh’s Dwelling Place 7. Leaving Mount Sinai Appendix: Possible Materials from the Priestly Narrative in the Book of Joshua Selected Bibliography About the Author