The Making of the Pentateuch: A Methodological Study (JSOT Supplement Series)

Cover......Page 1
The Making of the Pentateuch: A Methodological Study......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
Is the Pentateuch a Unity?......Page 15
Can We Discover How it was Compiled?......Page 16
Part I: Literary Hypotheses......Page 18
1. Its Main Features......Page 21
2. Its Basis......Page 23
1. Further Development of the Hypothesis......Page 32
2. Criticisms of the Hypothesis......Page 36
1. Presuppositions......Page 44
2. Assessment of the Criteria......Page 56
3. The Application of the Criteria......Page 117
4. The Role of the Redactors......Page 121
D. Comparison With Other Literary Hypotheses......Page 127
E. Summary and Conclusions......Page 130
A. The New Approach......Page 134
B. The Meaning of 'Tradition'......Page 137
C. The Study of the Oral Tradition......Page 139
1. Oral Tradition and the Use of Writing......Page 140
2. The Use of Foreign Models......Page 143
3. Oral Tradition: Fixed or Fluid?......Page 170
4. Storytellers and Audiences in the Old Testament......Page 173
5. Oral and Written Composition: the Question of Criteria......Page 177
1. Martin Noth......Page 186
2. Engnell, Nielsen and Carlson......Page 199
3. Georg Fohrer......Page 204
4. R. Rendtorff......Page 206
5. E. Blum......Page 211
6. Summary and Conclusions......Page 214
E. Concluding Assessment......Page 216
A. A Single Author for the Pentateuch?......Page 222
B. The Sources......Page 236
Bibliography......Page 244
Index of Biblical References......Page 260
Index of Authors......Page 263
Back Matter......Page 266