"Rather than viewing inconsistencies in the Torah as signs of revision, this book identifies precursors for these phenomena in ancient Near Eastern writings. It claims that Enlightenment and German historicist influences corrupted critical study of the Bible, and calls for a return to the more modest agenda set out by Spinoza"--
"Rather than viewing inconsistencies in the Torah as signs of revision, this book identifies precursors for these phenomena in ancient Near Eastern writings. It claims that Enlightenment and German historicist influences corrupted critical study of the Bible, and calls for a return to the more modest agenda set out by Spinoza"--Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Joshua A. Berman is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Hebrew Bible at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. He is the author of Created Equal: How the Bible Broke with Ancient Political Thought.
Inhaltsangabe
* Abbreviations * Introduction * Part I - Inconsistency in Narrative * Setting Conflicting Histories Side by Side: * 1. Diverging Accounts within the Kadesh Inscriptions of Ramesses II * 2. The Exodus Sea Account (Exod 13:17-15:19) in Light of the Kadesh Inscriptions of Ramesses II * Disparity in the Sovereign's Recounting of History to His Vassal * 3. Divergent Histories between Original and Renewal Treaties in Hittite Diplomatic Literature * 4. Retold History in the Book of Deuteronomy in Light of the Hittite Treaty Tradition * Part II - Inconsistency in Law * 5. The Pivotal Characterization: Ancient Law as Non-Statutory Law * 6. The Misapplication of "Strict Construction" and the Semblance of Contradiction * 7. Honoring a Law Code and Diverging from Its Dictates in the Neo-Babylonian King of Justice and in the Book of Ruth * 8. Blending Discordant Laws in Biblical Narrative * 9. Legal Revision in the Torah Law Collections: Supersessionist or Complementary? * 10. Redacting The Torah's Conflicting Laws: New Empirical Models * Part III - Renewing Pentateuchal Criticism * 11. A Critical Intellectual History of the Historical-Critical Paradigm in Biblical Studies * 12. The Abuses of Negation, Bisection and Suppression in the Dating of Biblical Texts: The Rescue of Moses (Exodus 2:1-10) * 13. Source Criticism and Its Biases: The Flood Narrative of Genesis 6-9 * 14. Conclusion: A New Path Forward * Bibliography * Subject Index * Index of Scriptural Passages
* Abbreviations * Introduction * Part I - Inconsistency in Narrative * Setting Conflicting Histories Side by Side: * 1. Diverging Accounts within the Kadesh Inscriptions of Ramesses II * 2. The Exodus Sea Account (Exod 13:17-15:19) in Light of the Kadesh Inscriptions of Ramesses II * Disparity in the Sovereign's Recounting of History to His Vassal * 3. Divergent Histories between Original and Renewal Treaties in Hittite Diplomatic Literature * 4. Retold History in the Book of Deuteronomy in Light of the Hittite Treaty Tradition * Part II - Inconsistency in Law * 5. The Pivotal Characterization: Ancient Law as Non-Statutory Law * 6. The Misapplication of "Strict Construction" and the Semblance of Contradiction * 7. Honoring a Law Code and Diverging from Its Dictates in the Neo-Babylonian King of Justice and in the Book of Ruth * 8. Blending Discordant Laws in Biblical Narrative * 9. Legal Revision in the Torah Law Collections: Supersessionist or Complementary? * 10. Redacting The Torah's Conflicting Laws: New Empirical Models * Part III - Renewing Pentateuchal Criticism * 11. A Critical Intellectual History of the Historical-Critical Paradigm in Biblical Studies * 12. The Abuses of Negation, Bisection and Suppression in the Dating of Biblical Texts: The Rescue of Moses (Exodus 2:1-10) * 13. Source Criticism and Its Biases: The Flood Narrative of Genesis 6-9 * 14. Conclusion: A New Path Forward * Bibliography * Subject Index * Index of Scriptural Passages
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