Exploring the Composition of the Pentateuch / / ed. by L. S. Baker Jr., Kenneth Bergland, Felipe A. Masotti, A. Rahel Wells.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• MitwirkendeR: Arrais, Tiago,; Averbeck, Richard,; Baker, L.,; Bergland, Kenneth,; Bergsma, John,; Berman, Joshua,; Block, Daniel,; Davidson, Richard,; Gane, Roy,; Garrett, Duane,; Hess, Richard,; Kilchör, Benjamin,; LeFebvre, Michael,; Masotti, Felipe,; Moskala, Jiří,; Vogel, Christian,; Wells, A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Baker Jr., L. S.,; Bergland, Kenneth,; Masotti, Felipe A.,; Wells, A. Rahel,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Bulletin for Biblical Research Supplement ; 27
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (314 p.) :; 3 illustrations

For many years, the historical-critical quest for a reconstruction of the origin(s) and development of the Pentateuch or Hexateuch has been dominated by the documentary hypothesis, the heuristic power of which has produced a consensus so strong that an interpreter who did not operate within its fram...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Contributors
• Part 1. History of Scholarship and Alternative App roaches
• Chapter 1. A Critical Intellectual History of the Historical-Critical Paradigm in Biblical Studies
• Chapter 2. The Exodus, Debt Slavery, and the Composition of the Pentateuch
• Chapter 3. Egyptian Language Practice: A Model for Hebrew Poetic Use?
• Chapter 4. Second-Millennium BC Cuneiform from the Southern Levant and the Literature of the Pentateuch
• Chapter 5. The Hittite Treaty Prologue Tradition and the Literary Structure of the Book of Deuteronomy
• Chapter 6. Memorized Covenantal Instruction and Legal Reuse in Torah
• Chapter 7. The Liturgical Function of Dates in the Pentateuch
• Part 2. Exegetical Studies
• Chapter 8. In the Tradition of Moses: The Conceptual and Stylistic Imprint of Deuteronomy on the Patriarchal Narratives
• Chapter 9. Was Moses the Last Prophet? An Analysis of a Neo-Documentarian Interpretation of Document E
• Chapter 10. Revisiting the Literary Structure(s) of Exodus
• Chapter 11. Was Leviticus Composed by Aaronide Priests to Justify Their Cultic Monopoly?
• Chapter 12. The Reception of Priestly Laws in Deuteronomy and Deuteronomy's Target Audience
• Chapter 13. The Relevance of Ezekiel and the Samaritans for Pentateuchal Composition: Converging Lines of Evidence
• Bibliography
• Ancient Source Index
• Subject Index