The Theme of Diaspora in the Pentateuch
By (author) Kishiya Hidaka
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(May 2026)
ISBN: 9783161705588
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Many parts of the Pentateuch emerged in response to the rise of postexilic diaspora communities, reflecting the socio-historical discourse on the question of Israel’s identity. Kishiya Hidaka examines the development of diaspora themes between the Pentateuch and the prophetic traditions.
English summary: The themes “Pentateuch” and “diaspora” may seem an unlikely pair-but only if one fails to recognize that major portions of the Pentateuch were shaped in the exilic and postexilic periods. Kishiya Hidaka argues that many parts of the Pentateuch emerged in response to the rise of postexilic diaspora communities, reflecting the socio-historical discourse on the question of Israel’s identity. These Pentateuchal layers, dating to the exilic and postexilic periods, engage particularly with the prophetic traditions-especially Jeremiah and Ezekiel-which also reflect the theological and political discourse on identity formation. German description: Die “Diaspora” als Thema des Pentateuch? Obwohl es zunachst unwahrscheinlich erscheint, zeigt Kishiya Hidaka, dass zahlreiche Texte des Pentateuch diaspora-bezogene Fragen verhandeln. Gepragt von ihrem nachexilischen Entstehungskontext und im Dialog mit prophetischen Traditionen spiegelt sich in ihnen das Ringen um Israels Identitat wider.
1. Introduction
1.1. The Pentateuch in Modern Research
1.2. The Date of Pentateuchal Texts and the Issue of Diaspora
1.3. Divergent Yahwistic Social Groups and the Hebrew Bible
1.4. The Theme of Diaspora in the Pentateuch
2. The Theme of Diaspora in Priestly Literature
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Pg and the Pro-Babylonian Golah Redaction in the Book of Ezekiel
Excursus 1. The Canaanites in Pg
2.3. The Historical Profiles of P and the Book of Ezekiel
2.4. Pg and Deutero-Isaiah
2.5. The Theme of Diaspora in P and the Pro-Babylonian Golah Redaction in the Book of Ezekiel
2.6. P and the Pro-Diaspora Fortschreibung in the Book of Ezekiel
2.7. The Holiness Legislation and the Pro-Diaspora Fortschreibung
Excursus 2. Is There a Late Priestly Redaction in Ezekiel 44 and Numbers 16-18?
2.8. Conclusion
3. The Theme of Diaspora in Deuteronomy 4
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Deuteronomy 4 and Its Relationship with the Book of Jeremiah
3.3. Deuteronomy 4 within the Broader Tradition of Deuteronomism
3.4. The Diaspora Theology of Deuteronomy 4
3.5. Conclusion
4. The Theme of Diaspora in Deuteronomy 28-30
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Deuteronomy 28-30 and the Theme of Diaspora
4.3. Deuteronomy 28-30 and the Prophetic Literature of Jeremiah and Ezekiel
4.4. Deuteronomy 28-30 and 1-2 Kings
4.5. Conclusion
5. The Theme of Diaspora in the Ancestor Narratives (Genesis 12-36)
5.1. Introduction
5.2. The Promise Texts
5.3. Genesis 15
5.4. Conclusion
6. The Theme of Diaspora in the Joseph Story
6.1. Introduction
6.2. The Literary Profile of the Joseph Story
6.3. The Joseph Story and the Book of Jeremiah
6.4. Conclusion
7. The Theme of Diaspora in the Wilderness Narrative
7.1. Introduction
7.2. The Problem of the Earlier Wilderness Tradition
7.3. The Murmuring Stories in the Wilderness Narrative
7.4. The Murmuring Stories in the Context of the Wilderness Narrative
7.5. Conclusion
8. Conclusion
8.1. The Theme of the Diaspora in the Pentateuch
8.2. Historical Considerations
8.3. Consequences for Pentateuchal Studies
- By (author) Kishiya Hidaka
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