Remembering the unexperienced : : cultural memory, canon consciousness, and the Book of Deuteronomy / / Stephen D. Campbell.

• Superior document: Bonner Biblische Beiträge ; v.191
• VerfasserIn: Campbell, Stephen D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen, Germany : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Bonner Biblische Beiträge
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (289 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Body -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Justification and Scope -- 1.2. Key Terms -- 1.2.1. Culture, Memory, and Canon -- 1.2.2. Generational Compression -- PART I - A Theoretical Framework for Interpretation -- 2. Jan Assmann and "Cultural Memory" -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Maurice Halbwachs: Collective Memory -- 2.2.1. The Social Framework of Memory -- 2.2.2. Memory and History -- 2.2.3. Memory and Tradition -- 2.3. Jan Assmann: Cultural Memory -- 2.3.1. Communicative Memory -- 2.3.2. Cultural Memory -- 2.3.3. Cultural Memory, Monotheism, and Canonisation -- 2.3.4. The Five Steps of Canonisation -- 2.4. Evaluating Assmann -- 2.5. Summary -- 3. Brevard Childs and His "Canonical Approach" -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. What is the Canon? -- 3.3. Canon and the Legacy of Faith -- 3.4. Canon as Witness -- 3.4.1. The Karl Barth Connection -- 3.4.2. Canon and Christian Interpretation -- 3.5. Evaluating Childs -- 3.6. Summary -- 4. Brevard Childs and Jan Assmann: A Conversation Worth Having -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Reading the Exodus Passover with Assmann and Childs -- 4.2.1. Childs's Canonical Approach: A Case Study -- 4.2.2. Assmann's Mnemohistorical Approach: A Case Study -- 4.3. Points of Continuity -- 4.3.1. Brevard Childs: Historical Criticism, Canon, and Theology -- 4.3.2. Jan Assmann: "Textpflege," "Sinnpflege," and Mnemohistory -- 4.4. Points of Discontinuity -- 4.4.1. Canonisation -- 4.4.1.1. Assmann: External Forces -- 4.4.1.2. Childs: Internal Forces -- 4.4.2. Interpretation and the Present Community of Faith -- 4.4.2.1 Childs: Writing from Within -- 4.4.2.2. Assmann: Writing from Without -- 4.5. Some Concluding Observations -- PART II - A Mnemo-Canonical Framework and Theological Interpretation.

5. Israel's Memory Context within Deuteronomy -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. An Absent Generation and a Juvenile Nation -- 5.2.1. An Absent Generation: Deuteronomy 1:34-35 and 2:14 -- 5.2.2. A Juvenile Nation: Deuteronomy 1:39 -- 5.2.3. Practical Implications of Israel's Generational Makeup -- 5.3. Moses's Last Day and Pedagogical Concern -- 5.3.1. Moses's Last Day: Deuteronomy 1:3 and 32:48-50 -- 5.3.2. Moses's Pedagogical Concerns: Deuteronomy 4:1-8 -- 5.3.2.1. The Command: Deuteronomy 4:1-2 -- 5.3.2.2 The Warning: Deuteronomy 4:3-4 -- 5.3.2.3. The Promise: Deuteronomy 4:5-8 -- 5.4. The Causal Divide between Faculties of Perception and Meaningful Comprehension: Deuteronomy 29:1-5 (Heb.) -- 5.5. Conclusions -- 6. Deuteronomy 4:1-40: The Rhetoric of Generational Compression -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Deuteronomy as Mnemotechnics -- 6.3. Deuteronomy 4:1-40: The Rhetoric of Generational Compression -- 6.3.1. Verses 1-8 -- 6.3.2. Verses 9-14 -- Excursus: Is Seeing or Hearing Primary in Deuteronomy 4? -- 6.3.3. Verses 15-24 -- 6.3.4. Verses 25-31 -- 6.3.5. Verses 32-40 -- 6.4. Conclusions -- 7. Generational Compression Examined -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Other ANE Treaty Texts and Generational Compression -- 7.2.1. Treaty Structure and the Historical Prologue -- 7.2.2. ANE Treaty Texts and Generational Compression -- 7.3. Generational Compression in Deuteronomy: What it Accomplishes -- 7.3.1. Generational Compression: Inevitable Rhetoric? -- 7.3.2. Further Exemplars of Generational Compression -- 7.3.2.1. "Your Fathers and You:" The Whodunit of Joshua 24:5-7 -- 7.3.2.2. Claiming the Past, but Keeping it Separate: The Case of Psalm 106 -- 7.3.3. Cultural Memory: Socio-Religious Identification not Direct, Personal Memory - The Case of Blurred Lines in Deuteronomy 5:3 -- 7.4. Possible Deuteronomic Exceptions.

7.4.1. Your Sons Did Not See (Deuteronomy 11:1-9) -- 7.4.2. A New Covenant for a New Generation? (Deuteronomy 29-30) -- 7.5. Deuteronomy 4:1-40 Reconsidered: Theological Interpretation and Israel's Mythic Past -- 7.6. Conclusions -- 8. Conclusion -- 8.1. Review of Argument -- 8.2. Contributions to Current Research -- 8.3. Avenues for Further Studies -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- Index of Ancient Texts.