Eschatology in Genesis / Jonathan Huddleston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huddleston, Jonathan.

Series:

Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2.Reihe - Band 57

Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe, 1611-4914 ; 57

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Genesis--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Eschatology--Biblical teaching.

Eschatology.

Speech acts (Linguistics)--Religious aspects.

Speech acts (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Edition:

1. Aufl.

Place of Publication:

Tubingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hauptbeschreibung In this study, Jonathan Huddleston examines Genesis as a rhetorical whole, addressing Persian-era Judean expectations. While some have contrasted Genesis' account of origins with prophetic accounts of the future, literary and historical evidence suggests that Genesis narrates Israel's origins precisely in order to ground Judea's hopes for an eschatological restoration. Promises to the ancestors semiotically apply to those who preserved, composed, and received the text of Genesis. Judea imagines its mythic destiny as a great nation exemplifying and spreading blessin

Contents:

Cover; Preface; Table of Contents; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1: The Question of Genesis' Eschatology; 1.1 Between Linguistic Semiotics and Biblical Studies; 1.1.1 From Code Theorism to Situated Speech Acts; 1.1.2 Combining Diachronic and Synchronic Approaches; 1.1.3 Dynamic Usage and the History of Effects; 1.1.4 A Disclaimer; 1.2 Overview and Working Hypothesis; 1.2.1 First Hypothesis: A Composite Pentateuch in the Persian Period; 1.2.2 Second Hypothesis: Prophetic Eschatology in the Persian Period; 1.2.3 Ending at the Beginning: Previewing My Arguments

Chapter 2: Future Orientation in Genesis2.1 From Story-World Time to Users' Time; 2.2 Genre as a Guide to Genesis' Future Orientation; 2.2.1 Genesis as Etiology; 2.2.2 Genesis' Mythic Orientation; 2.2.3 Genesis as Scripture; 2.3 Reading through Genesis: Toledot and Naming; 2.3.1 Genesis' Generation of the Future; 2.3.2 Naming Israel, its Land, and its Neighbors; 2.4 From Past to Present to Future; 2.4.1 Past Fulfillment as Proleptic; 2.4.2 Present Fulfillment as Partial; 2.4.3 Genesis as Users' Future; 2.4.4 Conclusion and Summary; Chapter 3: Genesis' Eschatology in Persian-Era Judea

3.1 Overview of Persian Judea3.1.1 From Monarchic Judah to Provincial Judea; 3.1.2 Temple and Empire; 3.1.3 Hebrew Writing and Israelite Identity; 3.1.4 Hebrew Literature in the Context of Ancient Literacy; 3.2 Pentateuch and Empire; 3.2.1 The Question of Imperial Authorization; 3.2.2 Genesis' Rhetoric Toward Empire; 3.2.3 Subtle Construal of Imperialism and Resistance; 3.3 The Pentateuch and Judean Institutions; 3.3.1 Parties and Priests; 3.3.2 Text as Institution; 3.3.3 Pentateuch, Prophets, and Eschatology; Chapter 4: Genesis in the Context of Prophetic Eschatology

4.1 Prophetic Eschatology in Persian-Era Usage4.1.1 Judgment, Salvation, Warning, and Cosmic Change; 4.1.2 Restoration Eschatology in the Persian Period; 4.2 Eschatology between Genesis and the Prophetic Corpus; 4.2.1 Judgment and Uncreation; 4.2.1.1 Flood; 4.2.1.2 Sodom and Gomorrah; 4.2.1.3 Famine, barrenness, and snakes; 4.2.1.4 Summary of uncreation images; 4.2.2 Promise as Creation; 4.2.2.1 Creation and its blessings; 4.2.2.2 Ancestral promises of blessing; 4.3 Conclusion: "Everything Lost Will Be Restored"; Chapter 5: Dynamics of Genesis and Unfolding Eschatology

5.1 Dynamic Production: Future-Oriented Compositional Development5.1.1 Ancestral Stories Joined to the Exodus; 5.1.2 National Origins Joined to Cosmogony; 5.1.3 The Joining of P and pre-P Sources; 5.1.4 Eschatological Implications of Compositional Moves; 5.2 Dynamic Rereading: Future-Oriented Audience Reflection; 5.2.1 Rereading in Context; 5.2.2 Genesis 2-3: Rereading an Unlamented Past as an Ideal Future; 5.2.3 Genesis 50:20: Rereading Memory as Hope; 5.3 Dynamic Retelling: Eschatological Interpretations; 5.3.1 God's Creative Purposes and the Origins of Evil

5.3.2 Primeval Prophets and Eschatological Typologies

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-283-96071-0

3-16-152349-0

OCLC:

826856147