Oracular law and priestly historiography in the Torah / Simeon Chavel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chavel, Simeon, 1969- author.

Series:

Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe ; 71.

Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe, 1611-4914 ; 71

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, Narrative.

Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, Textual.

Bible. Pentateuch--Language, style.

Jewish law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 p.)

Edition:

1. Aufl.

Place of Publication:

Tübingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this study, Simeon Chavel establishes the existence of a distinct type of story within the Torah, the ""oracular novella,"" traces its contours and poetics, identifies its historical background, and analyzes its use. The oracular novella is a very short story with a legal climax, in which divine adjudication and legislation resolves human complication. In a spartan style, the narrative recounts how an incident or set of circumstances in Israel led through oracular inquiry of Moses to legal resolution by Yahweh. The Torah contains four oracular novellas, all in the Priestly History.

Contents:

Introduction. Four Oracular Novellas

Novella I. Lev 24:10-23. 1. The Identity of the Criminal. 2. The Crime. 3. The Laws of Bloodshed and Disfigurement. 4. The Story. 5. The Oracular Novella and the Holiness Code

Novella II. Num 9:1-14. 1. The Composition of the Three Segments of the Narrative. 2. The Location of the Oracular Novella. 3. The Literary Background of the Oracular Novella. The influence of Exodus 12 and the rest of the Priestly History.

4. The List of Inheritors in Num 27:8b-11a. 5. The Complete Novella. 6. The Complete Novella and Related Texts. Num 36:1-12. Ruth. Summary and Conclusions: Oracular Novellas and Priestly Historiography. 1. Review. 2. The Oracular Novellas and the History of the Priestly History. 3. The Form of the Oracular Novellas and the Priestly History. 4. Law and Narrative

- I. Biblical Versions, Ancient Translations, and Rabbinic Comments.

II. Ancient Literature and Documents

III. Medieval Commentaries and Modern Scholarship

2. Subject Index. I. Critical Theory. II. Literary Motifs and Legal Topoi. III. Oracular Novella. IV. Rhetorical Devices.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Revised thesis (doctoral) - Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2006, under the title Law and narrative in four oracular novellae in the Pentateuch: Lev 24:10-23; Num 9:1; 15:32-36; 27:1-11.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-317) and indexes.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-16-153342-9

OCLC:

905860304