The Problem of the Process of Transmission in the Pentateuch (JSOT Supplement)

Front Cover......Page 1
The PROBLEM of the PROCESS of TRANSMISSION in the PENTATEUCH......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 6
FOREWORD......Page 8
TRANSLATOR\'S NOTE......Page 10
1. THE PROCESS OF TRANSMISSION AND THE DOCUMENTARY HYPOTHESIS......Page 12
1.1 Gerhard von Rad\'s new approach......Page 13
1.2 The modification of this approach by Martin Noth......Page 17
1.3. The documentary hypothesis maintained......Page 25
1.4. The question of the \'larger units\'......Page 32
2.1 The stories of Joseph, Jacob, and Isaac......Page 44
2.2 The story of Abraham......Page 49
2.2.1 The variety of layers in the process of transmission of the Abraham tradition......Page 50
2.2.2 The promises in the divine addresses in the Abraham story......Page 53
2.3 The promises to the patriarchs......Page 56
2.3.1 The promise of the land......Page 58
2.3.2 The promise of descendants......Page 62
2.3.3 The blessing......Page 65
2.3.4 The guidance......Page 67
2.3.5 The combination of individual promise themes......Page 69
2.4 The function of the promise addresses in the composition of the patriarchal story......Page 75
2.5 The absence of any definite reworking in Exodus-Numbers......Page 85
2.6 The \'larger units\' in Exodus-Numbers......Page 91
2.7 Traces of an over-arching reworking......Page 95
3. CRITICISM OF PENTATEUCHAL CRITICISM......Page 102
3.1 The present state of pentateuchal criticism......Page 103
3.2.1 Literary analysis of the Yahwist......Page 109
3.2.2 Characteristics of the work of the Yahwist......Page 120
3.2.3 The theology of the Yahwist......Page 127
3.2.4 Reasons against the acceptance of a Yahwistic work......Page 134
3.3 The problem of a priestly narrative in the patriarchal story......Page 137
3.3.1 The stories of Joseph and Jacob......Page 139
3.3.2 The Jacob Story......Page 141
3.3.3 The Abraham story......Page 147
3.3.4 Genesis 23......Page 155
3.4 The priestly layer in the patriarchal story......Page 157
3.4.1 Chronological notes......Page 158
3.4.2 \'Theological\' passages......Page 164
3.4.3 The function of the priestly layer......Page 168
3.4.4 No priestly narrative but a layer of priestly reworking......Page 170
3.5 Synthesis......Page 171
4. CONCLUSIONS AND CONSEQUENCES......Page 178
4.1 Dissent from the documentary hypothesis......Page 179
4.2.1 The patriarchal story......Page 182
4.2.2 The other \'larger units\'......Page 185
4.3 The problem of the synthesizing, final arrangement of the Pentateuch......Page 190
INDEX OF BIBLICAL REFERENCES......Page 208
INDEX OF AUTHORS......Page 214