Eschatology in Genesis / Jonathan Huddleston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huddleston, Jonathan, 1974-

Series:

Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe ; 57.

Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe, 1611-4914 ; 57

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Genesis.

Eschatology--Biblical teaching.

Eschatology.

Bible. Genesis--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Speech acts (Linguistics)--Religious aspects.

Speech acts (Linguistics).

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 315 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2012]

Contents:

The question of Genesis' eschatology: Between linguistic semiotics and biblical studies; From code theorism to situated speech acts; Combining diachronic and synchronic approaches; Dynamic usage and the history of effects; A disclaimer ; Overview and working hypothesis; First hypothesis: A composite Pentateuch in the Persian period; Second hypothesis: Prophetic eschatology in the Persian period; Ending at the beginning: previewing my arguments

Future orientation in Genesis. From story-world time to users' time ; Genre as a guide to Genesis' future orientation; Genesis as etiology; Genesis' mythic orientation; Genesis as scripture ; Reading through Genesis : Toledot and naming; Genesis' generation of the future; Naming Israel, its land, and its neighbors ; From past to present to future; Past fulfillment as proleptic; Present fulfillment as partial; Genesis as users' future; Conclusion and summary

Genesis' eschatology in Persian-era Judea. Overview of Persian Judea; From monarchic Judah to provincial Judea; Temple and empire; Hebrew writing and Israelite identity; Hebrew literature in the context of ancient literacy ; Pentateuch and empire; The question of imperial authorization; Genesis' rhetoric toward empire; Subtle construal of imperialism and resistance ; The Pentateuch and Judean institutions; Parties and priests; Text as institution; Pentateuch, prophets, and eschatology

Genesis in the context of prophetic eschatology. Prophetic eschatology in Persian-era usage; Judgment, salvation, warning, and cosmic change; Restoration eschatology in the Persian period ; Eschatology between Genesis and the prophetic corpus; Judgment and uncreation: Flood: Sodom and Gomorrah: Famine, barrenness, and snakes: Summary of uncreation images; Promise as creation: Creation and its blessings: Ancestral promises of blessing ; Conclusion : "Everything lost will be restored"

Dynamics of Genesis and unfolding eschatology. Dynamic production : future-oriented compositional development; Ancestral stories joined to the Exodus; National origins joined to Cosmogony; The joining of P and pre-P sources; Eschatological implications of compositional moves ; Dynamic rereading : future-oriented audience reflection; Rereading in context; Genesis 2-3 : rereading an unlamented past as an ideal future; Genesis 50:20 : rereading memory as hope ; Dynamic retelling : eschatological interpretations; God's creative purposes and the origins of evil; Primeval prophets and eschatological typologies; Ancestors as promise and example; Summary of late second temple interpretations

Rereading Genesis' promise-eschatology. Genesis' shape and the narrative prominence of promise ; Cursing, toil : and a seed (3:14-19); The interpretive framework : Genesis 2-3 and Israel's story; Threats to the blessing : agricultural and procreative unfruitfulness; Dominion, enmity, and the victory of the woman's seed ; Blessing Israel for the end of days (49:1-28); From beginning (1:1) to ending (49:1); Jacob's Testament for Persian-era users; Judah's victory (49:8-12) and Joseph's fruitfulness (49:22-6); Summary : Genesis 49 and Israel's trust ; Conclusion : trusting the God of promise; Persian-era Judea, Genesis, and trust; Trust as a reading strategy for the book of Genesis

Epilogue. Bibliography ; Index of sources ; Index of names ; Index of subjects.

Notes:

Revised version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Duke University, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783161519833

3161519833

OCLC:

824351656