Inconsistency in the Torah Ancient Literary Convention and the Limits of Source Criticism

by Berman, Joshua A.

ISBN13:
9780190675295
ISBN10:
0190675292
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Copyright: 2017-07-13
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

Inconsistency in the Torah

Author Biography

Joshua A. Berman is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Hebrew Bible at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. He is the author of Created Equal: How the Bible Broke with Ancient Political Thought.

Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I - Inconsistency in Narrative
Setting Conflicting Histories Side by Side:
1. Diverging Accounts within the Kadesh Inscriptions of Ramesses II
2. The Exodus Sea Account (Exod 13:17-15:19) in Light of the Kadesh Inscriptions of Ramesses II
Disparity in the Sovereign's Recounting of History to His Vassal
3. Divergent Histories between Original and Renewal Treaties in Hittite Diplomatic Literature
4. Retold History in the Book of Deuteronomy in Light of the Hittite Treaty Tradition

Part II - Inconsistency in Law
5. The Pivotal Characterization: Ancient Law as Non-Statutory Law
6. The Misapplication of "Strict Construction" and the Semblance of Contradiction
7. Honoring a Law Code and Diverging from Its Dictates in the Neo-Babylonian King of Justice and in the Book of Ruth
8. Blending Discordant Laws in Biblical Narrative
9. Legal Revision in the Torah Law Collections: Supersessionist or Complementary?
10. Redacting The Torah's Conflicting Laws: New Empirical Models

Part III - Renewing Pentateuchal Criticism
11. A Critical Intellectual History of the Historical-Critical Paradigm in Biblical Studies
12. The Abuses of Negation, Bisection and Suppression in the Dating of Biblical Texts: The Rescue of Moses (Exodus 2:1-10)
13. Source Criticism and Its Biases: The Flood Narrative of Genesis 6-9
14. Conclusion: A New Path Forward
Bibliography
Subject Index
Index of Scriptural Passages

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