Editing the Bible: The Romantic Myths about Authors and Editors
Contrary to certain trends in Pentateuchal scholarship, which want to eliminate the »author« from biblical study as a modern invention, the classical world identified the writers of a broad range of literary genres as authors, including writers of legal and historical texts, such as one finds in the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2014
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| In: |
Hebrew bible and ancient Israel
Year: 2014, Volume: 3, Issue: 3, Pages: 343-354 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jurisprudence
/ Historical studies
/ Work
/ Redakteur
/ Bible. Pentateuch, Bible. Pentateuch
/ Deuteronomium
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| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | Contrary to certain trends in Pentateuchal scholarship, which want to eliminate the »author« from biblical study as a modern invention, the classical world identified the writers of a broad range of literary genres as authors, including writers of legal and historical texts, such as one finds in the Bible. By contrast, editors/redactors - as those who restored ancient texts to their more original form for publication, or who published original works of authors in print, or who reproduced collections of folklore - were the invention of the modern era. Consequently, the Pentateuch cannot be the product of editors/redactors, but the work of authors who produced historical and legal works, such as D-Dtr, J, and P. |
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| ISSN: | 2192-2284 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hebrew bible and ancient Israel
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1628/219222714X14115480974970 |