04150nam a22002777a 4500 AUA.1 20160222210339.0 160222t xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 2009466017 9783161499050 (alk. paper) 3161499050 (alk. paper) JTL BS1225.52 .S528 2009 Ska, Jean-Louis, 1946- 52656 The exegesis of the Pentateuch : exegetical studies and basic questions / Jean-Louis Ska. Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, c2009. xvi, 280 p. ; 24 cm. Forschungen zum Alten Testament, 0940-4155 ; 66 52657 Forschungen zum Alten Testament ; 66. 52658 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Cover; Table of Contents; Foreword; The Story of the Flood: a Priestly Writer and Some Later Editorial Fragments; 1. Some false doublets in the story of the flood; 1.1. Gen 7:7-9 and the two entries into the ark; 1.2. The description of the flood in 7:17-18; 1.3. The end of the flood (8:2-3); 1.4. The drying out of the soil (8:13-14); 1.5. The destruction of the universe (7:22-23); 1.6. The scene with the birds (8:6-12); 1.7. Conclusion; 2. The "Yahwistic" (J) texts do not form a complete story; 3. The late vocabulary of the "Yahwistic" (J) fragments in Gen 6-9. 4. The contacts between the vocabulary of the "Yahwistic" (J) fragments of Gen 6-9 and the priestly texts5. The redactional techniques of the post-priestly fragments; 6. The post-priestly fragments and the Mesopotamian stories; 6.1. The problem of Gen 7:16b; 6.2. The Mesopotamian accounts and the "Yahwistic" (J) editor's intention; 7. Concluding remarks; Essay on the Nature and Meaning of the Abraham Cycle (Gen 11:29-25:11); 1. Time and space; 1.1. Spatial setting; 1.2. Temporal setting; 1.2.1. The land of Canaan; 1.2.2. Posterity and the Covenant; 2. The plot of Gen 11:27-25:11. 2.1. Episodic plot2.2. The land for the posterity; 2.3. The future of the posterity; 3. Some prominent aspects of Gen 12-25; the posterity of Abraham; 3.1. Abraham and the addressee of the story; 3.2. Abraham, the faithful observer of the Torah; 3.3. Texts that speak of Abraham's fidelity; 3.4. Texts describing Abraham's fidelity; 4. Historical milieu; 5. Conclusion; The Call of Abraham and Israel's Birth-certificate (Gen 12:1-4a); 1. The question; 2. Is Gen 12:1-4a connected with the texts that precede and follow it?; 2. Is Gen 12:1-4a and Gen 31:3. 3. Is Gen 12:1-4a and the priestly account (P:11:27-32*) and 12:4b, 54. The narrative program in Gen 12:1-4a and the Abraham cycle; 5. The vocabulary of Gen 12:1-4a; 5.1. The words??? and????; 5.2. The "great nation" -??????; 5.3. The fulfilment formula (12:4a); 5.4. The "great name" and the blessing; 6. Gen 12:1-3, Gen 12:1-4 and the Davidic monarchy; 7. Conclusion; Some Groundwork on Genesis 15; 1. Is Gen 15 a narrative?; 2. How "Deuteronomic" is Gen 15?; 3. Where does Gen 15 come from?; Conclusion; The Tree and the Tent: the Function of the Scenery in Gen 18:1-15. Genesis 18:6 -- Intertextuality and Interpretation -- "It All Makes Flour in the Good Mill"1. The problem; 2. Textual criticism; 3. The historico-critical interpretation; 4. Narrative analysis; 5. "Deconstructing" the story; 6. Conclusion; Gen 22 or the Testing of Abraham: An Essay on the Levels of Reading; 1. The various scenes in Gen 22: first reading; 1.1. Indications of time; 1.2. Indications of place; 2. The subdivision into "scenes" and the narrator's strategy; 2.1. Differences of perspective; 2.2. The reader's active part; 2.3. The "scenic" representation. Bible. Pentateuch Criticism, interpretation, etc 52659 lcc BOOK BS 1225.52 .S528 2009 14521 14521 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2016-02-22 Bought by JTL 159.50 AUA017477 1 BS 1225.52 .S528 2009 AUA017477 2024-12-13 10:07:20 2024-11-11 159.50 2016-02-22 BOOK 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2016-02-22 Bought by JTL 159.50 AUA017478 5 3 BS 1225.52 .S528 2009 AUA017478 2024-11-29 07:14:53 2024-11-27 2 159.50 2016-02-22 BOOK