The Pentateuch : an annotated bibliography / Kenton L. Sparks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sparks, Kenton L.

Series:

IBR bibliographies ; no. 1.

IBR bibliographies ; no. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Bibliography.

Bible.

Bible. Pentateuch.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Physical Description:

160 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, [2002]

Summary:

With the proliferation of literature on virtually every area of biblical studies, it has become increasingly difficult for students and nonspecialists to navigate their way through the sea of reading material. The IBR Bibliographies provide ready assistance by identifying the most important works and providing brief annotations to help the reader make informed choices. In The Pentateuch: An Annotated Bibliography. Old Testament scholar Kenton L. Sparks provides expert guidance through more than seven hundred of the most significant books, articles, and essays on the Pentateuch. His annotations describe the basic argument of the work, and brief section introductions provide necessary orientation. The result is more than just a list of books to read. This carefully chosen and wisely annotated list provides an introduction to and a survey of scholarly study of the Pentateuch. The Pentateuch is the ninth volume published in the IBR Bibliographies series. Each volume in the series, produced under the auspices of the Institute for Biblical Research, annotates five hundred or more of the best resources on a major division of the canon or a major area of methodology. Volumes focus primarily on works available in English and provide students with invaluable guidance in their biblical studies research.

Contents:

1. Texts and Versions 17

2. Introductory Works 19

2.2 Surveys of Research 20

3. Composition, Authorship, and Context 22

3.2 Individual Components of the Pentateuch 33

3.2.1 The Yahwist 33

3.2.2 The Elohist 33

3.2.3 The Priestly Writer 34

4. Genesis 37

4.2 Composition, Authorship, and Context 38

4.3 The Primeval History: Genesis 1-11 38

4.3.1 Ancient Near Eastern Myth and the Primeval History 38

4.3.2 Genealogies in the Primeval History 42

4.3.3 Interpreting Genesis 1-11 45

4.4 The Patriarchs: Genesis 12-50 54

4.4.2 The Abraham-Isaac Story: Interpreting Genesis 12-25 57

4.4.3 The Jacob Story: Interpreting Genesis 26-35 62

4.4.4 The Family of Esau: Genealogies and Lists (Genesis 36 and Related Texts) 65

4.4.5 The Joseph Story: Interpreting Genesis 37-50 66

4.4.5.1 Composition, Authorship, and Context 66

4.4.5.2 Interpreting the Joseph Story 68

4.4.5.3 Judah and Tamar: Genesis 38 69

4.4.5.4 The Blessing of Jacob: Genesis 49 70

5. Prolegomena to Exodus-Deuteronomy 72

5.1 Moses 72

5.2 Hebrew Law 75

5.2.2 Near Eastern and Biblical Law 77

5.2.3 Composition and Tradition History 79

5.2.4 Civil and Criminal Law 82

5.2.5 Religious and Cultic Law 84

5.2.6 The Decalogue 90

5.2.7 Motive Clauses in Biblical Law 92

5.3 Treaty and Covenant in the Pentateuch 92

5.4 The History and Development of Israel's Priesthood 95

5.5 The Wilderness Tradition 96

6. Exodus 99

6.2 Composition, Authorship, Context 100

6.3 The Exodus in History and Tradition 100

6.4 From Slavery to Sinai: Interpreting Exodus 1-18 102

6.5 The Sinai Pericope: Exodus 19-24 107

6.5.1 Composition and Interpretation 107

6.5.2 The Book of the Covenant 108

6.6 The Tabernacle of God: Exodus 25-40 110

6.6.1 Ritual Prescription and Description 110

6.6.2 The Golden Calf in Context: Exodus 32-34 113

7. Leviticus 115

7.2 Composition, Authorship, and Context 116

7.3 The Manual of Offerings: Interpreting Leviticus 1-7 117

7.4 The Priestly Ordination: Interpreting Leviticus 8-9 119

7.5 Manual of Impurities: Interpreting Leviticus 10-15 119

7.6 The Day of Atonement in Leviticus 16 122

7.7 The Holiness Code: Leviticus 17-26 122

7.7.2 Interpreting the Holiness Code, Leviticus 17-26 (27) 124

7.8 Votive Laws in Leviticus 27 126

8. Numbers 127

8.2 Composition, Authorship, and Context 127

8.3 Census Lists and Itinerary List (Numbers 1-4, 26, 33) 128

8.4 The Wilderness of Numbers 129

8.5 Priestly Rituals, Regulations, and Lore 129

8.6 The Balaam Story (Numbers 22-24) 132

9. Deuteronomy 135

9.2 Composition, Authorship, and Context 139

9.3 Historical Prologue: Interpreting Deuteronomy 1-4 142

9.4 Parenetic Prologue: Interpreting Deuteronomy 5-11 143

9.5 The Deuteronomic Law: Interpreting Deuteronomy 12-26 144

9.6 Parenetic Epilogue: Interpreting Deuteronomy 27-30 149

9.7 Historical and Poetic Epilogue: Deuteronomy 31-34 150.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

080102398X

OCLC:

50149640