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Overview
This overview of the Pentateuch 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? The present book, in dialogue with competing views, advocates a compositional model that recognizes the social and historical diversity of the literary strata. It 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.
| ISBN-13 | 9780567080882 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0567080889 |
| Weight | 0.74 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.14 x 0.49 x 9.21 In |
| List Price | $55.00 |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 0 pages |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury T&T Clark |
| Published On | 2004-08-23 |
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