Exploring the Composition of the Pentateuch, Volume 2 (Bulletin for Biblical Research Supplement)

By: L. S. Baker and Kenneth Bergland and Felipe A. Masotti and A. Rahel Wells

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Synopsis: While the critique of existing approaches to the composition of the Pentateuch has its place, the editors of this volume argue that there is a need to formulate positive proposals based on verifiable data and logical argumentation. Building on the foundation established in the preceding volume, Exploring the Composition of the Pentateuch, Volume 2 pursues this goal by addressing three essential questions: What are key strategic areas of research that need attention? In what areas can we draw conclusions? And what are the limits of available, relevant evidence?Part 1 of this volume investigates the readability of the Pentateuch, exploring narrative techniques, inconsistencies, and coherence. Part 2 tackles issues relevant for the dating of Deuteronomy, like the narrative retelling in Deut 1–3, dating based on parallels to the Loyalty Oath of Esarhaddon, and deuteronomistic tribal language. And part 3 focuses on issues related to the overall dating of the Pentateuch, discussing empirical models, comparisons with the Hazor Legal Fragments, turning points in pentateuchal scholarship, the direction of dependence between the legal material of the Pentateuch, and the absence of Zion theology in the Pentateuch.In addition to the editors, the contributors include Richard E. Averbeck, John S. Bergsma, Joshua Berman, Daniel I. Block, Mark Steven Francois, Roy E. Gane, Richard S. Hess, Benjamin Kilchör, Noel K. Weeks.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781646023349
Related ISBNs:: 9781646023202
Publisher:: Penn State University Press
Date of Addition:: 11/19/25
Copyrighted By:: The Pennsylvania State University
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
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Categories:: Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Education, Language Arts
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Edited by:: L. S. Baker Jr.
Edited by:: Kenneth Bergland
Edited by:: Felipe A. Masotti
Edited by:: A. Rahel Wells