Authors of the Bible :; who, when, where, what and why

San Francisco: SFRG Press, 2006. First edition (stated). Hardcover. A bright, Fine copy with tight binding.. Octavo in golden yellow DJ; vii, 266 p ; 23 cm. Scarce. After telling the story of how scholars have come to know what we do about the origin of the Israelites and the Hebrew Bible, Authors of the Bible tells the stories of the men and women who, between 1005 BCE and 142 BCE, wrote the Bible.  Authors of the Bible identifies, to the extent currently possible, who they were, when and where they lived and worked, what they wrote and, most importantly, what their—and their clients'—political motives were for writing what they did.  Authors of the Bible contains a reconstruction of the original Song of Songs (as proposed by the 19th century biblical scholar, Heinrich Ewald) as well as an extensive bibliography which should be quite helpful for those who wish to pursue their own study of the bible. || Bible -- Evidences, authority, authorship.