The Shape of the Writings edited by Julius Steinberg and Timothy J. Stone ; with the assistance of Rachel Marie Stone.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stone, Timothy J., Editor.

Steinberg, Julius, (1972- ), Editor.

Series:

Siphrut ; 16.

Siphrut : literature and theology of the Hebrew Scriptures ; 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Hagiographa.

Theology.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (387 p.)

Place of Publication:

Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, 2015, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Are the Writings a miscellaneous collection of books, as is so often asserted, or do they have a purposeful design or arrangement? Over the past 35 years, there has been a significant amount of scholarly interest in the shape of the Law, Former Prophets, Twelve Minor Prophets and the Psalms, while examinations of the shape of the Writings were almost nonexistent until very recently. The 11 essays in this volume explore this often-neglected issue from a variety of critical perspectives-reader-centered approaches, canonical, structural-canonical, and redactional-made more robust by the mix of German- and English-language scholarship on this question, including 4 articles translated from German into English. Essays range from the historical development of the collection, to analysis of the collection's different arrangements, to the relationship of books and subcollections within the Writings, to the reception of the collection in Jewish and Christian sources. Every book in the Writings is discussed, with particular attention given to Job, Ruth, and 1 and 2 Chronicles. The volume closes with 3 critical responses from John Barton, Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, and Christopher Seitz.

Contents:

Contents; The Historical Formation of the Writings in Antiquity by Julius Steinberg and Timothy J. Stone; Final Forms of the Writings: The Jewish and Christian Traditions by Peter Brandt; A Wandering Moabite: Ruth-A Book in Search of a Canonical Home by Stephen Dempster; Thoughts on the "Davidization" of the Psalter by Frank-Lothar Hossfeld and Erich Zenger; Reading Job following the Psalms by Will Kynes; The Place of Wisdom Literature in an Old Testament Theology: A Thematic and Structural-Canonical Approach by Julius Steinberg

The Search for Order: The Compilational History of Ruth by Timothy J. StoneThe Associative Effects of Daniel in the Writings by Amber Warhurst; Chronicles as the Intended Conclusion to the Old Testament Canon by Hendrik J. Koorevaar; Torah-Binding and Canon Closure On the Origin and Canonical Function of the Book of Chronicles by Georg Steins; "A Threefold Cord Is Not Quickly Broken": Interpretation by Canonical Division in Early Judaism and Christianity by Stephen B. Chapman; Response by John Barton; Response by Tamara Cohn Eskenazi; Response by Christopher R. Seitz; Index of Authors

Index of Scripture

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781575063744

1575063743

OCLC:

930706595