The making of the Pentateuch : a methodological study / R.N. Whybray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whybray, R. N. (Roger Norman)

Series:

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 53.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series, 0309-0787 ; 53

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theology.

Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 pages)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield : JSOT, c1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Whybray's recent book is a masterful review of all the options set out by critical scholarship since Wellhausen, i.e., over the last century. It is an exhaustive and up to date treatment, concise and highly readable.'' E. Dyck, Crux ''Sensitive to standards of ancient historiography and parallels from the Greek sphere, Whybray proposes that the Pentateuch is the work of an ancient historian, possibly designed as a supplement or prologue to the deuteronomistic history.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: LITERARY HYPOTHESES; A. The Documentary Hypothesis; B. Pentateuchal Criticism Since Wellhausen; C. Assessment of the Documentary Hypothesis; D. Comparison with other Literary Hypotheses; E. Summary and Conclusions; Part II: FORM-CRITICAL AND TRADITIO-CRITICAL HYPOTHESES; A. The New Approach; B. The Meaning of 'Tradition'; C. The Study of Oral Tradition; D. Traditio-Historical Methods: Some Examples; E. Concluding Assessment; Part III: AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; A. A Single Author for the Pentateuch?; B. The Sources; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611842079

9781281842077

1281842079

9780567594211

0567594211

OCLC:

276948700