Writing, Rewriting, and Overwriting in the Books of Deuteronomy and the Former Prophets

Essays in Honor of Cynthia Edenburg

Edited by I. Koch Edited by T. Römer Edited by O. Sergi

Book cover: Writing, Rewriting, and Overwriting in the Books of Deuteronomy and the Former Prophets

Extent: 417 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Biblical Studies

Series: Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium

Series volume number: 304

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(November 2019)

ISBN: 9789042940000

Price: $107.00

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eBook (Published)

(November 2019)

ISBN: 9789042940017

Price: $107.00

Cynthia Edenburg is one of the leading experts of the formation of the books covering Deuteronomy and the Former Prophets, commonly called “the Deuteronomistic History”. She has renewed scholarly understanding of the process how the narrative and legal traditions that are gathered in these books were written down for the first time before they were edited in several ways by the Deuteronomistic redactors. She provided new insight into these redactional processes by distinguishing several ways of revising a text. Most of the contributions gathered in this volume pursue the question of the composition and revision of the books of Deuteronomy and the Former Prophets. Additional contributions deal with the history of the text of other books, from Genesis to Chronicles. They are all presented to Cynthia Edenburg as an appreciation of her influence on current scholarship.


Cynthia Edenburg is one of the leading experts of the formation of the books covering Deuteronomy and the Former Prophets, commonly called “the Deuteronomistic History”. She has renewed scholarly understanding of the process how the narrative and legal traditions that are gathered in these books were written down for the first time before they were edited in several ways by the Deuteronomistic redactors. She provided new insight into these redactional processes by distinguishing several ways of revising a text. Most of the contributions gathered in this volume pursue the question of the composition and revision of the books of Deuteronomy and the Former Prophets. Additional contributions deal with the history of the text of other books, from Genesis to Chronicles. They are all presented to Cynthia Edenburg as an appreciation of her influence on current scholarship.

  • Edited by I. Koch
  • Edited by T. Römer
  • Edited by O. Sergi