Exploring the Composition of the Pentateuch, Volume 2
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Exploring the Composition of the Pentateuch, Volume 2

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Exploring the Composition of the Pentateuch, Volume 2

About this book

While the critique of existing approaches to the composition of the Pentateuch has its place, the editors of this volume argue that there is a need to formulate positive proposals based on verifiable data and logical argumentation. Building on the foundation established in the preceding volume, Exploring the Composition of the Pentateuch, Volume 2 pursues this goal by addressing three essential questions: What are key strategic areas of research that need attention? In what areas can we draw conclusions? And what are the limits of available, relevant evidence?

Part 1 of this volume investigates the readability of the Pentateuch, exploring narrative techniques, inconsistencies, and coherence. Part 2 tackles issues relevant for the dating of Deuteronomy, like the narrative retelling in Deut 1–3, dating based on parallels to the Loyalty Oath of Esarhaddon, and deuteronomistic tribal language. And part 3 focuses on issues related to the overall dating of the Pentateuch, discussing empirical models, comparisons with the Hazor Legal Fragments, turning points in pentateuchal scholarship, the direction of dependence between the legal material of the Pentateuch, and the absence of Zion theology in the Pentateuch.

In addition to the editors, the contributors include Richard E. Averbeck, John S. Bergsma, Joshua Berman, Daniel I. Block, Mark Steven Francois, Roy E. Gane, Richard S. Hess, Benjamin Kilchör, Noel K. Weeks.

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Yes, you can access Exploring the Composition of the Pentateuch, Volume 2 by L. S. Baker Jr.,Kenneth Bergland,Felipe A. Masotti,A. Rahel Wells in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Jewish Literary Criticism. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. COVER Front
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1: Case Studies of Some Apparent Inconsistencies in the Pentateuch
  6. Chapter 2: Contradiction, Coherence, and Composition
  7. Chapter 3: Sophisticated Narrative Technique of the Pentateuch
  8. Chapter 4: The Coherence and Internal Rationale of the Priestly Legislation in the Pentateuch with Special Attention to the “Guilt Offering
  9. Chapter 5: Selective Literary Representation of Vassal Obsequiousness and Responsive Awareness in the Amarna Letters, the Hittite Treaty Prologues, and Deuteronomy 1–3
  10. Chapter 6: Borrowed Curses : The Loyalty Oathof Esarhaddon, Deuteronomy 28:20–44,and a Premonarchic Date for the Earliest Edition of Deuteronomy
  11. Chapter 7: The Tribes of Israel (Part 1) : Their Significance for Assessing the Provenance of the Book of Deuteronomy
  12. Chapter 8: The Tribes of Israel (Part 2) : Their Significance for Assessing the Provenance of Deuteronomy 33
  13. Chapter 9: The Biblical Criticism of Ibn Hazmthe Andalusian : A Medieval Control for Modern Diachronic Method
  14. Chapter 10: Questions Concerning the Covenant Code in Light of the Hazor Legal Fragments
  15. Chapter 11: Three Turning Points in Research History Toward a Farewell to the Mosaic Origin of the Pentateuch: How Strong Are They
  16. Chapter 12: Direction of Dependence in the Animal‑Related Sabbath Laws in the Pentateuch
  17. Chapter 13: Did Postexilic Judaism Really Abandon Jerusalem and the Temple? A Discussion with Jean Louis Ska on the Absence of Zion Theology from the Pentateuch
  18. Index