Tales of fire and flood : divine destruction stories in the Pentateuch / Jonathan Schneider-Woods.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schneider-Woods, Jonathan, author.

Series:

Contributions to biblical exegesis and theology ; 0926-6097 124.

Contributions to biblical exegesis and theology, 0926-6097 ; 124

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disasters--Biblical teaching.

Disasters.

Natural disasters--Biblical teaching.

Natural disasters.

God--Wrath--Biblical teaching.

God.

Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Intertextuality in the Bible.

Physical Description:

vi, 190 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Leuven : Peeters, 2025.

Summary:

From publisher's description: Yhwh attempts to destroy an entire community on eight occasions within the Pentateuch. Scholarship has predominantly read these stories as isolated incidents. Jonathan Schneider-Woods asks in this study whether a more intricate connection exists between the Pentateuchal divine destruction stories. And if such a connection exists, does this provide greater insight into the purpose of these destruction stories for the community who wrote and read them? This book identifies a close intertextual relationship between the Flood, Sodom, Reed Sea, and Golden Calf stories. The development of theological ideas occurs as the narrative moves from a passive acceptance of destruction in Genesis 6-9 to the prevention of destruction in Exodus 32-34. The theological sophistication and contextual uniqueness of the Pentateuchal destruction texts make them essential to understanding how the writers of the Hebrew Bible conceived of the relationship between God and humanity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-190).

Other Format:

e-book version

ISBN:

9789042954960

9042954965

OCLC:

1522939322

Publisher Number:

9789042954960