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The scrolls of the Torah : material, compositional and interpretive perspectives / edited by Jan Christian Gertz, Julia Rhyder, Thomas Römer and Konrad Schmid.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Carr, David McLain, 1961- honoree.
Gertz, Jan Christian, editor.
Rhyder, Julia, 1987- editor.
Römer, Thomas, 1955- editor.
Schmid, Konrad, 1965- editor.
Series:
Forschungen zum Alten Testament ; 0940-4155 196.
Forschungen zum Alten Testament, 0940-4155 ; 196
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Bible. Old Testament--History.
Bible.
Bible. Old Testament.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
xiii, 451 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
illustration
Place of Publication:
Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2026]
Summary:
"Twenty-five leading scholars reimagine the history of the Pentateuch. From the materiality of the scrolls and the scribal cultures that produced them, through central themes and compositional features, to the early reception of the Pentateuch in Second Temple literature, this volume offers a wide-ranging snapshot of Pentateuchal research today." Provided by publisher
Contents:
I. The Scribal Cultures Behind the Pentateuch
The Possibility of Extended Literary Prose Narratives in the Iron Age IIA / Jeremy M. Hutton
The Hand of the Scribe: A »Stylus-and-Wedge«-Based Approach to the Study of Canaanite Cuneiform / Alice Mandell
Independent Scribes? Text Collections and Institutions in Ancient Mesopotamia / William Tooman and Tobias Siegenthaler
Implied Authors and Scribes: Literary and Material Aspects of Composition in the Pentateuch / Angela Roskop Erisman
The Quest for the Script of the Pentateuch / Matthieu Richelle
II. The Formation of the Pentateuch
Scribal Groups, Social Conflict, and the Formation of the Pentateuch: The Laws of Priestly Blemishes (Lev 21:16-24) as a Case Study and a Warning / Julia Rhyder
The 120 Years in the First and Last Scroll of the Pentateuch and the Composition of Genesis 6:1-4 / Thomas Römer
Empirical Models for Source and Redaction Criticism of the Pentateuch: A Reassessment / Ronald Hendel
How Hellenistic Is the Pentateuch? / Konrad Schmid
III. Narrative and Law in the Pentateuch
Interpreting the End: Reception and Reflection of a Prophetic Tradition in the Primeval History / Joachim J. Krause
The Promise After the Flood and the Rationale for the Priestly Covenants / Jeffrey Stackert
A Mosaic of Quotations: Scribal Conversations in Genesis / Mark G. Brett
Letting Ishmael Live: Abraham's Plea in Genesis 17:18 / Yael Landman
Divine Justice and the Lessons of Genesis 18 / Joel S. Baden
The Sons of Jacob / Thomas B. Dozeman
»Few and Evil«: Jacob's Commentary on His Life in Genesis 47:7-10 / Mark S. Smith
Moses's Introduction in P and Its Implications for the Priestly Work / Aron Freidenreich
Washing from the Laver in the Early Textual History of Exodus / Nathan MacDonald
Who Made the Beginning Holy? Comments on the Debate over the Presence of the Holiness School in the Primeval History / Jan Christian Gertz
Expressing Identity and Idealized Hellenistic Politics in the Book of Numbers / Axel Bühler
Scrolling Numbers: Remarks on Numbers as a Separate Book(-Scroll) / Christian Frevel
The Myth of the Marriage Metaphor / Sara Milstein
IV. Reception History
Moving Pieces: Materiality, Plurality, and the Beginning of the Aramaic Levi Document / Liane M. Feldman
The Refiguration of Genesis 34 in the Book of Judith / Mahri Leonard-Fleckman
Notes:
Published in honor of David Carr --page VI.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
e-book version
ISBN:
9783162006950
3162006953
OCLC:
1603157339
Publisher Number:
9783162006950

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