Land and calendar : the priestly document from Genesis 1 to Joshua 18 / Philippe Guillaume.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guillaume, Philippe.

Series:

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 391.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies.

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 391

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Joshua--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

P document (Biblical criticism).

Jewish calendar--History.

Jewish calendar.

Jewish chronology.

Land tenure--Biblical teaching.

Land tenure.

Land use--Biblical teaching.

Land use.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : T & T Clark, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thanks to very peculiar style and theology, Pg was identified as far back as 1869 by Theodor Nöldeke and remains one of the last pillars of Pentateuch research after the fall of the Wellhausen model. Its existence is rarely doubted, but its extent is debated. Does it end already in Exodus (Otto, Pola, Bauks) or does it go as far as Deuteronomy (Noth, Frevel) or even into Joshua (Lohfink, Knauf)? The end determines Pg's notion of the land and its conquest, important subjects. today for the formation of the Pentateuch (was there first a Hexateuch?). The 364-day perpetual calendar offers a reliab

Contents:

The priestly document translated

The sabbatical calendar as basis of the priestly document. Creation of the sabbath (Genesis 1:1-2:4) ; Intercalation of the sabbatical calendar ; The sabbatical calendar in the flood narrative ; The final eras of the priestly document ; Yearly festivals (Leviticus 23) ; Seventh year and Jubilee as nexus between time and land (Leviticus 25)

Land as a major theme of the priestly document. The land in Genesis ; The land in Exodus and Leviticus ; The land in Numbers and Deuteronomy ; The land in Joshua

Conclusion

Appendix : delimitations of the priestly narrative.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-220) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613197474

9781283197472

1283197472

9780567401205

0567401200

OCLC:

741691802