The Formation of the Pentateuch : Bridging the Academic Cultures of Europe, Israel, and North America / edited by Jan C. Gertz, Bernard M. Levinson, Dalit Rom-Shiloni, and Konrad Schmid.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gertz, Jan C., Editor.

Levinson, Bernard M. (Bernard Malcolm), Editor.

Rom-Shiloni, Dalit, Editor.

Schmid, Konrad, 1965- Editor.

Mohr Siebeck GmbH & Co. KG, publisher.

Series:

Forschungen zum Alten Testament

Forschungen zum Alten Testament ; 111 0940-4155

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, Textual.

Bible. Pentateuch--Historiography.

Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Pentateuch.

Historiography.

Criticism, Textual.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xi, 1204 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

regular print

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2016.

Summary:

Despite nearly two centuries of scholarship on the Pentateuch, its historical origins and its literary history are still a subject of intense debate. This volume seeks to stimulate international discussion about the Pentateuch in order to help the discipline move toward a set of shared assumptions and a common discourse. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Empirical Perspectives on the Composition of the Pentateuch

Introduction / Jan Christian Gertz Gertz, Jan Christian 11

Inscriptional Evidence for the Writing of the Earliest Texts of the Bible - Intellectual Infrastructure in Tenth- and Ninth-Century Israel, Judah, and the Southern Levant / Christopher A. Rollston Rollston, Christopher A. 15

The Covenant Code Appendix (Exodus 23:20-33), Neo-Assyrian Sources, and Implications for Pentateuchal Study / David P. Wrigh Wrigh, David P. 47

Data to Inform Ongoing Debates about the Formation of the Pentateuch - From Documented Cases of Transmission History to Survey of Rabbinic Exegesis / David M. Carr Carr, David M. 87

Innerbiblical Exegesis - The View from beyond the Bible / Molly M. Zahn Zahn, Molly M. 107

From Many to One - Some Thoughts on the Hebrew Textual History of the Torah / Armin Lange Lange, Armin 121

Part 2 Can the Pentateuch Be Read in Its Present Form? Narrative Continuity in the Pentateuch in Comparative Perspective

Introduction / Jeffrey Stackert Stackert, Jeffrey 199

What Do We Mean by Plot and by Narrative Continuity? / Jean Louis Ska Ska, Jean Louis 201

Travel Narratives and the Message of Genesis / Yairah Amit Amit, Yairah 223

Why Is the Pentateuch Unreadable? - Or, Why Are We Doing This Anyway? / Joel S. Baden Baden, Joel S. 243

Pentateuchal Coherence and the Science of Reading / Jeffrey Stackert Stackert, Jeffrey 253

Does the Pentateuch Tell of Its Redactional Genesis? - The Characters of YHWH and Moses as Agents of Fortschreibung in the Pentateuch's Narrated World / Jean-Pierre Sonnet Sonnet, Jean-Pierre 269

Continuity between the Gaps - The Pentateuch and the Kirta Epic / Joel S. Baden Baden, Joel S. 283

Part 3 The Role of Historical Linguistics in the Dating of Biblical Texts

Introduction - The Strengths and Weaknesses of Linguistic Dating / Shimon Gesundheit Gesundheit, Shimon 295

The Linguistic Dating of Biblical Texts - An Approach with Methodological Limitations / Erhard Blum Blum, Erhard 303

Diachronic Linguistics and the Date of the Pentateuch / Jan Joosten Joosten, Jan 327

Linguistic Dating, Writing Systems, and the Pentateuchal Sources / William M. Schniedewind Schniedewind, William M. 345

How to Date Pentateuchal Texts - Some Case Studies / Thomas Römer Römer, Thomas 357

The Numeral 11 and the Linguistic Dating of P / Noam Mizrahi Mizrahi, Noam 371

There's No Master Key! - The Literary Character of the Priestly Stratum and the Formation of the Pentateuch / Jakob Wöhrle Wöhrle, Jakob 391

Oral Platform and Language Usage in the Abraham Narrative / Frank H. Polak Polak, Frank H. 405

Storytelling and Redaction - Varieties of Language Usage in the Exodus Narrative / Frank H. Polak Polak, Frank H. 443

Part 4 The Significance of Second Temple Literature and the Dead Sea Scrolls for the Formation of the Pentateuch

Introduction / Bernard M. Levinson Levinson, Bernard M. 479

What Constitutes a Scriptural Text? - The History of Scholarship on Qumran Manuscript 4Q158 / Sidnie White Crawfor Crawfor, Sidnie White 483

Scribal Revision and the Composition of the Pentateuch - Methodological Issues / Molly M. Zahn Zahn, Molly M. 491

Reworked Pentateuch and Pentateuchal Theory / Reinhard G. Kratz Kratz, Reinhard G. 501

Holy Seed - Ezra 9-10 and the Formation of the Pentateuch / Richard J. Bautc Bautc, Richard J. 525

What May Be Learned from Ezra-Nehemiah about the Composition of the Pentateuch? / Sara Japhet Japhet, Sara 543

Part 5 Evidence for Redactional Activity in the Pentateuch

Introduction / Konrad Schmid Schmid, Konrad 563

Some Empirical Evidence in Favor of Redaction Criticism / Jean Louis Ska Ska, Jean Louis 567

The Pentateuch-A Compilation by Redactors / Christoph Levin Levin, Christoph 579

Post-Priestly Additions in the Pentateuch-A Survey of Scholarship / Konrad Schmid Schmid, Konrad 589

Part 6 The Integration of Preexisting Literary Material in the Pentateuch and the Impact upon Its Final Shape

Introduction / Joel S. Baden Baden, Joel S. 607

Noncontinuous Literary Sources Taken Up in the Book of Exodus / Rainer Albertz Albertz, Rainer 609

The Story of the Gadites and the Reubenites (Numbers 32) - A Case Study for an Approach to a Pentateuchal Text / Itamar Kisle Kisle, Itamar 619

Integrating the Song of Moses into Deuteronomy and Reshaping the Narrative - Different Solutions in MT Deut 31:1-32:47 and (the Hebrew Vorlage of) LXX Deut 31:1-32:47 / Karin Finsterbus Finsterbus, Karin 631

Source Dependence and the Development of the Pentateuch - The Case of Leviticus 24 / David P. Wright Wright, David P. 651

Part 7 Historical Geography of the Pentateuch and Archaeological Perspectives

Introduction / Jan Christian Gertz Gertz, Jan Christian 685

Biblical Criticism from a Geographer's Perspective - "Transjordan" as a Test Case / David Ben-Gad HaCohen HaCohen, David Ben-Gad 687

Early North Israelite "Memories" of Moab / Israel Finkelstein Finkelstein, Israel, Thomas Römer Römer, Thomas 711

The Historical Geography of the Pentateuch and Archaeological Perspectives / Thomas B. Dozeman Dozeman, Thomas B. 729

Hezekiah, Moses, and the Nehushtan - A Case Study for a Correlation between the History of Religion in the Monarchic Period and the History of the Formation of the Hebrew Bible / Jan Christian Gertz Gertz, Jan Christian 745

For the Border of the Ammonites Was ... Where? - Historical Geography and Biblical Interpretation in Numbers 21 / Angela Roskop Erisman Erisman, Angela Roskop 761

Part 8 Do the Pentateuchal Sources Extend into the Former Prophets?

Introduction / Konrad Schmid Schmid, Konrad 779

The Pentateuchal Sources and the Former Prophets - A Neo-Documentarian's Perspective / Baruch J. Schwartz Schwartz, Baruch J. 783

Do the Pentateuchal Sources Extend into the Former Prophets? - Joshua 1 and the Relation of the Former Prophets to the Pentateuch / Cynthia Edenburg Edenburg, Cynthia 795

The Problem of the Hexateuch / Thomas Römer Römer, Thomas 813

Part 9 Rethinking the Relationship between the Law and the Prophets

Introduction / Dalit Rom-Shiloni Rom-Shiloni, Dalit 831

The Prophets after the Law or the Law after the Prophets? - Terminological, Biblical, and Historical Perspectives / Konrad Schmid Schmid, Konrad 841

Hosea's Reading of Pentateuchal Narratives - A Window for a Foundational E Stratum / Marvin A. Sweeney Sweeney, Marvin A. 851

The Sermon on the Sabbath in Jeremiah 17:19-27 and the Torah / Reinhard Achenbac Achenbac, Reinhard 873

ותפשׂי התורה לא ידעוני (Jer 2:8) - The Relationship of the Book of Jeremiah to the Torah / Georg Fischer Fischer, Georg 891

Compositional Harmonization - Priestly and Deuteronomic References in the Book of Jeremiah - An Earlier Stage of a Recognized Interpretive Technique / Dalit Rom-Shiloni Rom-Shiloni, Dalit 913

Patterns of Descriptive Curse Formulae in the Hebrew Bible, with Special Attention to Leviticus 26 and Amos 4:6-12 / John Kessle Kessle, John 943

Reading Zechariah 9-14 with the Law and the Prophets - Sibling Rivalry and Prophetic Crisis / Mark J. Bod Bod, Mark J. 985

Jacob, Moses, Levi-Pentateuchal Figures in the Book of the Twelve / Jakob Wöhrle Wöhrle, Jakob 997

Ezekiel and the Holiness Legislation - A Plea for Nonlinear Models / Chrislophe L. Nihan Nihan, Chrislophe L. 1015

What Kind of Priestly Writings Did Ezekiel Know? / Ariel Kopilovitz Kopilovitz, Ariel 1041

How Have We Changed? - Older and Newer Arguments about the Relationship between Ezekiel and the Holiness Code / Michael A. Lyons Lyons, Michael A. 1055

Ezekiel's Prophetic Message in Light of Leviticus 26 / Tova Ganzel Ganzel, Tova, Risa Levitt Kohn Kohn, Risa Levitt 1075

Part 10 Reading for Unity, Reading for Multiplicity -Theological Implications of the Study of the Pentateuch's Composition

Introduction / Benjamin D. Sommer Sommer, Benjamin D. 1087

Book or Anthology? - The Pentateuch as Jewish Scripture / Benjamin D.

Sommer Sommer, Benjamin D. 1091

Methodological Reflections on a Theology of the Pentateuch / Marhts Witte Witte, Marhts 1109

The Dynamic of Closure in the Pentateuch / Jean-Pierre Sonnet Sonnet, Jean-Pierre 1121

Narratives, Lists, Rhetoric, Ritual, and the Pentateuch as a Scripture / James W. Watts Watts, James W. 1135.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783161538834

3161538838

OCLC:

970680699

Publisher Number:

9783161538834