Rewriting the Torah
Literary Revision in Deuteronomy and the Holiness Legislation
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2007
Mohr Siebeck (Verlag)
9783161492983 (ISBN)
Mohr Siebeck (Verlag)
9783161492983 (ISBN)
Jeffrey Stackert untersucht literarische Parallelen innerhalb der Gesetzestexte des Pentateuch und vor allem die Beziehungen zwischen ähnlichen Gesetzen im Deuteronomium und dem Heiligkeitsgesetz (Lev 17-26). Seine Analyse bestimmter Gesetze im Pentateuch führt ihn zu der These, daß das Heiligkeitsgesetz sowohl vom Bundesbuch als auch vom Deuteronomium abhängt.
Jeffrey Stackert explores literary correspondences among the pentateuchal legal corpora and especially the relationships between similar laws in Deuteronomy and the Holiness Legislation (Lev 17-26, the so-called "Holiness Code," as well as significant parts of the Priestly source elsewhere in the Pentateuch). Resemblances between these law collections range from broad structure to fine detail and include treatments of similar legal topics, correlations with regard to sequence of laws, and precise grammatical and lexical correspondences. Yet the nature and basis of these resemblances persist as debated points among biblical scholars. Through an analysis of the pentateuchal laws on asylum, seventh-year release, manumission, and tithes, the author argues that the Holiness Legislation depends upon both the Covenant Collection and Deuteronomy. He also elucidates the compositional logic of the Holiness legislators, showing that these authors do not simply replicate pre-existing legal content. Rather, they employ a method of literary revision in which they reconceptualize source material according to their own ideological biases. In the end, the Holiness Legislation proves to be a "super law" that collects and distills the Priestly and non-Priestly laws that precede it. By accommodating, reformulating, and incorporating various viewpoints from these sources, the Holiness authors create a work that is intended to supersede them all.
Jeffrey Stackert explores literary correspondences among the pentateuchal legal corpora and especially the relationships between similar laws in Deuteronomy and the Holiness Legislation (Lev 17-26, the so-called "Holiness Code," as well as significant parts of the Priestly source elsewhere in the Pentateuch). Resemblances between these law collections range from broad structure to fine detail and include treatments of similar legal topics, correlations with regard to sequence of laws, and precise grammatical and lexical correspondences. Yet the nature and basis of these resemblances persist as debated points among biblical scholars. Through an analysis of the pentateuchal laws on asylum, seventh-year release, manumission, and tithes, the author argues that the Holiness Legislation depends upon both the Covenant Collection and Deuteronomy. He also elucidates the compositional logic of the Holiness legislators, showing that these authors do not simply replicate pre-existing legal content. Rather, they employ a method of literary revision in which they reconceptualize source material according to their own ideological biases. In the end, the Holiness Legislation proves to be a "super law" that collects and distills the Priestly and non-Priestly laws that precede it. By accommodating, reformulating, and incorporating various viewpoints from these sources, the Holiness authors create a work that is intended to supersede them all.
Born 1977; 2006 PhD in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies (Bible and Ancient Near East) from Brandeis University (Waltham, Massachusetts); Professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of Chicago.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.8.2007 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Forschungen zum Alten Testament |
| Verlagsort | Tübingen |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 161 x 241 mm |
| Gewicht | 560 g |
| Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Schlagworte | Bibel-Textkritik • Biblical Law • Deuteronomium (5. Buch Mose) • Hardcover, Softcover / Religion/Theologie/Judentum • HC/Religion/Theologie/Judentum • Hebrew Bible • Pentateuchal Criticism • Thora • Thora / Tora |
| ISBN-13 | 9783161492983 / 9783161492983 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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