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.