The Exegesis of the Pentateuch
Exegetical Studies and Basic Questions
by Jean-Louis Ska
Hardback (Published)
(December 2009)
ISBN: 9783161499050
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The studies collected in this book represent landmarks in the vast exegetical landscape of the Pentateuch. In the first series of these studies, Jean-Louis Ska examines key texts from different perspectives and draws a map to show the way. These texts are mainly the story of the flood (Gen 6-9), the call of Abraham (Gen 12:1-4), God’s covenant with Abraham (Gen 15), the Lord’s apparition to Abraham in Mamre (Gen 18), the sacrifice of Isaac (Gen 22), the introduction to the Sinai covenant (Exod 19:3-6), and the meal and the vision on the mountain (Exod 24:9-11). Different methods are used according to the text or the topic treated: literary criticism, redaction criticism, inner-biblical exegesis, and narrative analysis. In the second part, the author grapples with some basic issues in recent debates about exegetical methods: the function of the narrator, the validity of resorting to the category of redactor, the nature and purpose of the biblical law collections, and the legitimacy of a critical reading of the Old Testament. The Pentateuch is a cantata with many voices, and faithfulness to its nature means that the exegete has to use all the instruments at his or her disposal to make this old music be heard once again.
- By (author) Jean-Louis Ska
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Die temporelle Steuerung von Verbalaussagen in den Reden nach den Gottesspruchformeln
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Women in the Wilderness
The 'Female Legislation' of the Book of Numbers (Num 5,11-31; 27,1-11; 30,2-17)
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Volume 92
Historical Settings, Intertextuality, and Biblical Theology
Essays in Honor of Marvin A. Sweeney
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Die theologische Deutung des regelmassigen Kultes Israels in der Tora
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Gesammelte Studien zu Ben Sira und zur fruhjudischen Weisheit
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Religions- und theologiegeschichtliche Beitrage zu Gottesvorstellungen im alten Israel
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Book-Seams in the Hexateuch I
The Literary Transitions Between the Books of Genesis/Exodus and Joshua/Judges
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