The Pentateuch: a social-science commentary
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Bibliography -- Notes -- 2 The Pentateuch as a Whole: Basic Features and Problems -- Bibliography -- 1. The P...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Van Seters, John, 1935-, The Pentateuch : a social-science commentary] (2021) (Dyck, Andrew W.)
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
| Series/Journal: | T&T Clark Cornerstones
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Pentateuch, Bible. Pentateuch
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Commentary
B Electronic books B History & Culture / RELIGION / Biblical Studies |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Bibliography -- Notes -- 2 The Pentateuch as a Whole: Basic Features and Problems -- Bibliography -- 1. The Pentateuch in outline -- 2. General observations on the Pentateuch as a whole -- 3. Pentateuchal sources -- 4. Basic models for compositional reconstruction -- Notes -- 3 A Survey of Historical-Critical Research on the Pentateuch -- Bibliography -- 1. The rise of the Documentary Hypothesis to Wellhausen -- 2. The problems of the sources -- 3. The rise of form- criticism and the tradition- history of the Pentateuch -- 4. Tradition-history: Gerhard von Rad and Martin Noth -- 5. A critique of form-criticism: Oral tradition -- 6. A critique of the tradition-history method -- 7. The Pentateuch and the Albright school -- 8. A critique of the Albright school -- Notes -- 4 New Currents in Pentateuchal Studies from 1975 to the Present -- Bibliography -- 1. The source-critical problem of the Pentateuch -- 2. The traditio-historical problem of the Pentateuch -- 3. The form-critical problem of the Pentateuch -- 4. Current models of literary criticism -- 5. The problem with P -- 6. New developments since 1999 -- Notes -- 5 Deuteronomy -- Bibliography -- 1. Basic features -- 2. Form and structure of Deuteronomy -- 3. Additional literary observations -- 4. Deuteronomy, the Deuteronomistic History and the Tetrateuch -- 5. The origins of Deuteronomy -- 6. Treaty and covenant in Deuteronomy and the ancient Near East -- 7. Themes in Deuteronomy and their social context -- Notes -- 6 The Yahwist (J) -- Bibliography -- 1. National 'antiquities' as a literary form -- 2. Myth and history -- 3. The primeval history -- 4. The patriarchs in J. In this magisterial overview of the Pentateuch John Van Seters reviews the various historical-critical attempts to read it that arise from notions about the social evolution of Israel's religion and culture. Is the Pentateuch an accumulation of folk traditions, a work of ancient historiography, a document legitimizing religious reform? In dialogue with competing views, Van Seters advocates a compositional model that recognizes the social and historical diversity of the literary strata. Van Seters argues that a proto-Pentateuchal author created a comprehensive history from Genesis to Numbers that was written as a prologue to the Deuteronomistic History (Deuteronomy to 2 Kings) in the exilic period and later expanded by a Priestly writer to make it the foundational document of the Jerusalem temple community. This social-science commentary on the Pentateuch is renowned as one of the most influential volumes on this group of texts. For the new edition Van Seters has revised several sections of the text, updating and integrating new bibliographical items, and refining the text where necessary. A reflective preface summarizes these changes and developments for the reader's convenience. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 0567658805 |