The State of the Pentateuch

A Comparison of the Approaches of M. Noth and E. Blum

Damian J. Wynn-Williams

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9783110153972
• eBook ISBN:
  9783110830408
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Ancient Religion

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Table of contents

• Preface
• Part 1. The State of the Pentateuch
• 1. Rendtorff’s challenge to the Documentary Hypothesis
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 The issue
• 1.3 Noth’s version of the Documentary Hypothesis
• 1.4 Rendtorff’s denial of the existence of sources
• 1.5 Blum’s application of Rendtorff’s approach
• Part 2. Noth’s analysis of Gen 25:19-33:17
• 2. Three parallel sources
• 2.1 The text of the P narrative
• 2.2 The text of the J narrative
• 2.3 The text of the E narrative
• 2.4 Evaluation of the J narrative in terms of coherence
• 2.5 Evaluation of the P narrative
• 2.6 Evaluation of the E narrative
• Part 3. Blum’s analysis of Gen 25:19-33:17
• 3. The Early Jacob Story
• 3.1 The extent of the Early Jacob Story
• 3.2 The text of the Early Jacob Story
• 3.3 Evaluation of the Early Jacob Story
• 4. Gen 28:* 11-19 as an independent unit
• 4.1 The theophany at Bethel (Gen 28:10-22)
• 4.2 Evaluation of Blum’s analysis
• 5. The expanded Jacob-Esau Story
• 5.1 Overview of Blum’s analysis
• 5.2 The text of the expanded Jacob-Esau Story (Gen 25:19-33:17)
• 6. Additions to the Early Jacob Story
• 6.1 The Composition Layer
• 6.2 The joining together of the Jacob and Abraham traditions
• 6.3 The D-reworking
• 6.4 The Haran redaction
• 6.5 The Priestly Layer
• 6.6 Concluding remarks
• Part 4. Noth’s and Blum’s interpretative models compared
• 7. Underlying assumptions and relative strengths and weaknesses
• 7.1 The delimitation of the core narrative
• 7.2 The relative strengths and weaknesses of the two interpretative models
• 7.3 Conclusion
• 8. Summary and conclusions
• 8.1 The outcome
• 8.2 What conclusions can be drawn?
• Bibliography of works cited
• Index of authors and citations