The formation of Genesis 1-11: biblical and other precursors

"There is general agreement that study of the formation of the Pentateuch is currently in disarray. This book turns to the Genesis Primeval History, Genesis 1-11, to offer models for the formation of Pentateuchal texts that might have traction within this fractious context. Building on two cent...

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Main Author: Carr, David McLain 1961- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2020]
In:Year: 2020
Reviews:[Rezension von: Carr, David McLain, 1961-, The formation of Genesis 1-11 : Biblical and Other Precursors] (2021) (Bauks, Michaela, 1962 -)
[Rezension von: Carr, David McLain, 1961-, The formation of Genesis 1-11 : Biblical and Other Precursors] (2022) (Hamilton, Mark W., 1964 -)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Genesis 1,1-11,26 / Text history
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Bible. Genesis, I-XI Criticism, Textual
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Summary:"There is general agreement that study of the formation of the Pentateuch is currently in disarray. This book turns to the Genesis Primeval History, Genesis 1-11, to offer models for the formation of Pentateuchal texts that might have traction within this fractious context. Building on two centuries of historical study of Genesis 1-11, this book provides new support for the older theory that the bulk of Genesis 1-11 was created out of a combination of two originally separate source strata: a Priestly source and an earlier non-Priestly source that was used to supplement the Priestly framework. Though this overall approach contradicts some recent attempts to replace such source models with theories of post-Priestly scribal expansion, Carr does find evidence of multiple layers of scribal revision in the non-P and P sources: from the expansion of an early independent non-Priestly primeval history with a flood narrative and related materials through to a limited set of identifiable layers of Priestly material that culminate in the P-like redaction of the whole. Finally, the book synthesizes prior scholarship to show how both the P and non-Priestly strata of Genesis also emerged out of a complex interaction by Judean scribes with non-biblical literary traditions, particularly with Mesopotamian textual traditions about primeval origins"--
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 265-284
ISBN:0190062541