Farewell to the Yahwist?: The Composition of the Pentateuch in Recent European Interpretation (Society of Biblical Literature Symposium Series, 34)

A FAREWELL TO THE YAHWIST? THE COMPOSITION OF THE PENTATEUCH IN RECENT EUROPEAN INTERPRETATION......Page 1
FP......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Abbreviations......Page 7
INTRODUCTION......Page 9
1. Introduction......Page 17
2.1. The Birth of the Yahwist......Page 18
2.2. The Yahwist as Oldest Source of the Documentary Hypothesis......Page 20
2.3. The Yahwist and the Formgeschichte......Page 22
2.4. The Yahwist as Author and Theologian......Page 23
2.5. The Death of the Yahwist......Page 26
2.6. The Rebirth of the Yahwist......Page 28
3.1. Redactional Process, School, or Author?......Page 29
3.2. The Problem of the Yahwist’s Extent and Profile......Page 30
3.3. The Problem of the “Message” of J......Page 31
4. The Yahwist and the Link between Patriarchs and Exodus......Page 32
Konrad SCHMID - The So-Called Yahwist and the Literary GapBetween Genesis and Exodus......Page 37
1. The Lack in Narrative Affinity between Genesis and Exodus......Page 39
2. The Redactional Links between Genesis and Exodus......Page 43
3. The Connection of the Patriarchs with the Exodus in P......Page 49
4. Conclusion......Page 55
5. Consequences for the History of Religion and Theology......Page 56
1. The Jacob Story in Twentieth-Century Research......Page 59
2.1. The non-P Jacob Story in Genesis 25–35......Page 64
2.2. The Jacob Story as It Is Reflected in Hosea 12......Page 67
2.3. The Jacob story as Told in the Work of P2......Page 70
2.4. The Jacob Story as Reflected in the Story of Moses’ Youth (Exodus 2–4)......Page 74
3. P2, the Jacob Story, and the Formation of the Pentateuch......Page 75
Jan Christian GERTZ - The Transition between theBooks of Genesis and Exodus......Page 81
1. Explicit or Implicit Cross-references: How Does One Establish theUnity of the Yahwist?......Page 82
3.The Joseph Novella and the Post-Priestly Supplements to Genesis 50......Page 84
4. The Exodus-Narrative and the Post-Priestly Supplements to Exodus 1......Page 90
5. The First Connection of the Patriarchal Cycles to theExodus Narrative in P......Page 92
6. Summary......Page 94
Erhard BLUM - The Literary Connection betweenthe Books of Genesis and Exodusand the End of the Book of Joshua......Page 97
1.......Page 99
2.......Page 104
1. The Books of Genesis and Exodus and the Compositionof the Pentateuch......Page 115
2. The Two Commissions of Moses......Page 118
2.1. The Commission of Moses in Exodus 3:1–4:18......Page 119
2.2. The Commission of Moses in Exodus 6:2–7:7......Page 122
3.1. The Signs of Mosaic Authority......Page 125
3.2. The Role of Aaron......Page 130
3.3. Yhwh of the Exodus and the God of the Patriarchs......Page 132
4. The Conclusion......Page 135
Christoph LEVIN - The Yahwist and the RedactionalLink between Genesis and Exodus......Page 139
Appendix - The Yahwist as Editor in Exodus 3: The Evidence of Language......Page 145
Summary......Page 149
1. Introduction......Page 151
2. P as the Link between Genesis and Exodus......Page 155
3. The Yahwist as the Link between the Patriarchsand Exodus Traditions......Page 158
David M. CARR - What Is Required to Identify Pre-Priestly Narrative Connections between Genesisand Exodus? Some General Reflectionsand Specific Cases......Page 167
1. Parallels and Differences between the Papers......Page 168
2. P and Different Models for the Joining of Traditions......Page 170
3. Potential Pre-Priestly Connections between theAncestral and Moses Stories......Page 172
4. A Pre-Priestly Bridge between Genesis and Exodus......Page 175
5. Genesis 50:14......Page 176
6. Genesis 50:24–25......Page 177
7. Exodus 1:8(–9)......Page 180
Exodus 1:6......Page 181
8. Identification of Post-Priestly Material......Page 183
9. Conclusion......Page 187
Bibliography......Page 189
Contributors......Page 195
Index of Biblical and Related Literature......Page 197
Index of Authors......Page 203