Traditions at odds : the reception of the Pentateuch in biblical and Second Temple period literature / John H. Choi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Choi, John H.

Series:

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 518.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 518

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Bible.

Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish--History.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History.

Bible. Old Testament.

Bible. Pentateuch.

History.

Apocryphal books (Old Testament)--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History.

Apocryphal books (Old Testament).

Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

Judaism.

Judaism--Post-exilic period (Judaism).

Bible. Pentateuch--Influence.

Physical Description:

viii, 278 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : T & T Clark, [2010]

Summary:

Explores the Pentateuch's literary influence on other biblical texts.>

Contents:

Introduction and statement of purpose

Methodology. A critique of the linear model of composition ; Alternatives to a linear model ; Methodological approach (Ideological content ; When is the same not the same? ; Lack of awareness and the issue of relevance ; A resistant reading) ; A note about Second Temple period literature

Festivals and holidays. A theory of ritual ; Festivals and holidays in the Bible (Pesach and Matsoth ; Sukkoth ; Sabbath) ; Festivals and holidays in the Second Temple period (Expansions of biblical law ; Amalgamation of biblical laws ; Retrojection of biblical holidays) ; Conclusion

Non-Pentateuchal historical retrospectives. The Bible and historiography ; Non-Pentateuchal historiographic texts (Psalm 78 ; Psalm 105 ; The plagues in Psalms 78 and 105 ; Psalm 106 ; Joshua 24 ; Ezekiel 20 ; Nehemiah 9 ; Historiography in the Second Temple period ; The Genesis apocryphon ; The Liber antiquitatum biblicarum of Pseudo-Philo ; "Competitive historiography" of Jewish-Hellenistic historians ; The Book of Jubilees) ; Conclusion

The Pentateuch as Torah. The role of literacy in the ancient world ; "Direct" citations of "instruction" ("Instruction" in the Deuteronomistic history ; "Instruction" in prophetic literature ; "Instruction" in post-exilic historiographic texts (Ezra, Nehemiah, Chronicles)) ; "Instruction" in the Psalms and wisdom literature ; Competing conceptions of "instruction" in the Second Temple period ; Conclusion

Conclusions : a look ahead.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-263) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780567265241

0567265242

OCLC:

426147308