The Pentateuch as Torah : : New Models for Understanding Its Promulgation and Acceptance / / ed. by Bernard M. Levinson, Gary N. Knoppers.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
• MitwirkendeR: Carr, David M.,; Grätz, Sebastian,; Hagedorn, Anselm C.,; Harvey, Paul B.,; Knoppers, Gary N.,; Kooij, Arie van der,; Kratz, Reinhard G.,; Levinson, Bernard M.,; Nihan, Christophe,; Otto, Eckart,; Pummer, Reinhard,; Schaper, Joachim,; Schmid, Konrad,; Ska, Jean-Louis,; Watts, James W.,
• HerausgeberIn: Knoppers, Gary N.,; Levinson, Bernard M.,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.)

Since antiquity, the five books of Moses have served as a sacred constitution, foundational for both Jews and Samaritans. However long the process of accepting the Pentateuch as authoritative tōrâ ("instruction") took, this was by all accounts a monumental achievement in the history of these peoples and indeed an important moment in the history of the ancient world. In the long development of Western societies, the Pentateuch has served as a major influence on the development of law, political philosophy, and social thought. The question is: how, where, and why did this process of acceptance occur, when did it occur, and how long did it take?

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- How, When, Where, and Why Did the Pentateuch Become the Torah? -- Part 1. Ratifying Local Law Codes in an International Age -- The Persian Imperial Authorization as a Historical Problem and as a Biblical Construct: A Plea for Distinctions in the Current Debate -- The Rise of Torah -- Local Law in an Imperial Context: The Role of Torah in the (Imagined) Persian Period -- Temple and Torah: Reflections on the Legal Status of the Pentateuch between Elephantine and Qumran -- The Pentateuch in Ancient Mediterranean Context: The Publication of Local Lawcodes -- Part 2. Prophets, Polemics, and Publishers: The Growing Importance of Writing in Persian Period Judah -- From History Writing to Library Building: The End of History and the Birth of the Book -- Scribal Scholarship in the Formation of Torah and Prophets: A Postexilic Scribal Debate between Priestly Scholarship and Literary Prophecy- The Example of the Book of Jeremiah and Its Relation to the Pentateuch -- Part 3. The Torah as a Foundational Document in Judah and Samaria -- The Torah between Samaria and Judah: Shechem and Gerizim in Deuteronomy and Joshua -- The "Publication" of Legal Texts in Ancient Judah -- The Samaritans and Their Pentateuch -- Part 4. The Translation, Interpretation, and Application of the Torah in Early Jewish Literature -- The Second Temple and the Legal Status of the Torah: The Hermeneutics of the Torah in the Books of Ruth and Ezra -- The Septuagint of the Pentateuch and Ptolemaic Rule -- The Use of the Pentateuch in the Temple Scroll and the Damascus Document in the Second Century B.C.E. -- The Torah as the Rhetoric of Priesthood -- Index of Authors -- Index of Scripture -- Index of Other Ancient Sources