As It Is Written and Other Citation Formulae in the Old Testament

by Spawn, Kevin L.

• ISBN13: 9783110171617
• ISBN10: 3110171619
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: De Gruyter

Summary

This volume examines the use of citation formulae in the Old Testament. After demonstrating the lack of consensus and method in the treatment of such exegetical devices, the author addresses the need for a sustained examination of citation formulae and related expressions. This inquiry focuses on the careful identification of the referents of citation bases as a basis for the study of inner-biblical exegesis. Further insights are offered on the development of such exegetical devices, the hermeneutics of the post-exilic community, and the syntax of comparative statements in Hebrew.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Table of Contents	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. xiii
The Present State of the Analysis of Citation Formulae in the Old Testament and a Way Forward	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
The Lack of Consensus and Method in Scholarship	p. 2
The Significance of the Proper Reading of Citation Formulae	p. 12
The Development of a Method	p. 14
Conclusion	p. 20
Citation Bases with [characters not reproducible]	p. 21
Introduction	p. 21
[characters not reproducible] Citation Bases with Non-Legal Referents	p. 22
The Regnal Source Formulae	p. 22
A Categorisation of the Evidence	p. 22
An Analysis of the Elements of the Regnal Source Formulae	p. 26
The First Element	p. 26
The Terms Used in the First Element	p. 26
The Syntax and Semantic Nature of the Nominal Phrases of the First Element	p. 30
The Second Element	p. 32
The Third Element	p. 34
The Relation Between the First Three Elements of the Four-Part Citation Formulae	p. 34
The Chr's Alteration of Certain Regnal Source Formulae	p. 40
Other Citation Bases with Non-Legal Referents	p. 49
Introduction	p. 49
Laments	p. 49
"The Book of the Just"	p. 52
Genealogies	p. 65
The Book of Prophecies	p. 66
Official Correspondence	p. 68
Court Annals	p. 69
Conclusions regarding the Use of [characters not reproducible] with Non-Legal Referents	p. 70
[characters not reproducible] Citation Bases with Legal Referents	p. 71
Relative Citation Bases with [characters not reproducible]	p. 71
Relative Participles	p. 71
[characters not reproducible] in Relative Clauses	p. 77
Comparative Constructions with [characters not reproducible]	p. 78
[characters not reproducible] in a Complex Comparative Sentence	p. 78
[characters not reproducible] in Prepositional Phrases Introduced with [characters not reproducible]	p. 79
Jenni's Recent Summary of the Syntax of Comparative Statements	p. 79
An Overview of the Types of Syntactic Relations of [characters not reproducible]	p. 82
An Expanded Analysis of the Types of Syntactic Relations of [characters not reproducible]	p. 88
[characters not reproducible] Citation Bases with Legal Referents	p. 119
Conclusions regarding the Use of [characters not reproducible] in Citation Bases with Non-Legal and Legal Referents	p. 121
Citation Bases with [characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible]	p. 124
Relative Citation Bases with [characters not reproducible]	p. 124
The Forms of the Independent Relative Citation Base with [characters not reproducible]	p. 124
The Participial Form	p. 125
The Form [characters not reproducible] with a Finite Verb	p. 126
The Forms of the Independent Citation Base Construed with Other Terms	p. 137
The Participial Form	p. 137
The Independent Citation Bases with [characters not reproducible]	p. 137
The Independent Citation Base with [characters not reproducible]	p. 139
The Finite Verb Form	p. 139
The Independent Citation Base with a Negative Particle	p. 140
The Independent Citation Base with [characters not reproducible]	p. 140
The Independent Citation Base with [characters not reproducible]	p. 141
The Independent Citation Base with Pro-Form [characters not reproducible]	p. 142
Conclusions	p. 142
Compound Citation Bases	p. 142
The Most Common Compound Citation Base	p. 142
Other Compound Citation Bases	p. 148
Rubric - "A Distinct Literary Convention"	p. 148
The Independent Rubric	p. 149
Compound Rubrics	p. 150
[characters not reproducible] Functioning as a Comparative Clause	p. 151
Conclusions	p. 152
Excursus: Genre	p. 152
Comparative Citation Bases with [characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible]	p. 153
Introduction	p. 153
Comparative Clauses with [characters not reproducible]	p. 153
The Independent Form of [characters not reproducible]	p. 154
Citation Bases that Qualify One Clause	p. 154
Citation Bases that Qualify More Than One Clause	p. 161
Citation Bases that Qualify Two Clauses	p. 161
Citation Bases that Qualify Three Clauses	p. 164
Citation Bases that Qualify Four Clauses	p. 164
Citation Bases that Qualify Five Clauses	p. 165
Citation Bases that Qualify a "Paragraph"	p. 166
[characters not reproducible] Used with Broadening Terms	p. 169
[characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible]	p. 169
[characters not reproducible] and the Impersonal [characters not reproducible]	p. 172
Pro-Forms with [characters not reproducible] Citation Bases	p. 173
Pro-Form [characters not reproducible]	p. 173
The Independent Form of [characters not reproducible] with Pro-Form [characters not reproducible]	p. 173
Pro-Form [characters not reproducible] with [characters not reproducible]	p. 174
Conclusions	p. 176
Pro-Form [characters not reproducible]	p. 176
The Independent Form of [characters not reproducible] with Pro-Form [characters not reproducible]	p. 176
Pro-Form [characters not reproducible] with [characters not reproducible]	p. 179
Other "Pro-Forms"	p. 180
Non-Recurring Forms	p. 180
Compound Citation Bases	p. 181
Conclusions regarding the Comparative Citation Bases Introduced with [characters not reproducible]	p. 184
Vergleichsprapositionalen with [characters not reproducible]	p. 185
Introduction	p. 185
The Deuteronomistic Literature	p. 186
The Post-Exilic Historiography	p. 189
The Citation of the [characters not reproducible] with [characters not reproducible]	p. 189
The Citation of Legal and Cultic Authorities with [characters not reproducible]	p. 192
Conclusions	p. 194
Citation Bases with [characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible]	p. 196
[characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible] in Relative Citation Bases	p. 196
[characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible] in Comparative Citation Bases	p. 196
[characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible] in a Comparative Clause	p. 197
[characters not reproducible] in Vergleichsprapositionalen	p. 197
Non-Legal Referents	p. 197
Vergleichsprapositionalen with a Non-Legal Referent that Qualify One Clause	p. 197
Independent Citation Base	p. 198
Pro-Form [characters not reproducible]	p. 200
Vergleichsprapositionalen with a Non-Legal Referent that Qualify Two Clauses	p. 201
A Vergleichsprapositionale with a Non-Legal Referent that Qualifies a Noun	p. 203
Conclusions	p. 203
Legal Referents	p. 204
Independent Citation Bases	p. 204
Vergleichsprapositionalen that Qualify One Clause	p. 204
A Vergleichsprapositionale that Qualifies Two Clauses	p. 208
A Vergleichsprapositionale that Qualifies an Infinitive Phrase	p. 208
[characters not reproducible] that Qualifies a Noun Phrase	p. 209
The Citation Base [characters not reproducible] and Succoth	p. 211
The Pro-Form [characters not reproducible]	p. 215
Compound Citation Bases	p. 215
Conclusions	p. 216
Other Citation Bases	p. 218
Introduction	p. 218
Citation Bases with [characters not reproducible]	p. 218
The Independent Citation Base	p. 219
Broadening Terms with the Independent Form	p. 220
[characters not reproducible] with [characters not reproducible]	p. 221
[characters not reproducible] with Pro-Form [characters not reproducible]	p. 221
Compound Citation Bases	p. 222
Conclusions	p. 223
Citation Bases with [characters not reproducible]	p. 224
Independent Citation Bases with [characters not reproducible]	p. 224
Citation Bases that Qualify One Clause	p. 224
A Citation Base that Qualifies an Infinitive	p. 224
A Citation Base that Qualifies a Noun or Nominal Phrase	p. 225
A Citation Base that Qualifies a Particle	p. 225
Conclusions	p. 225
Citation Bases with [characters not reproducible]	p. 226
Additional Citation Bases	p. 227
[characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible] and Their Nominal Cognates	p. 229
[characters not reproducible] and its Nominal Cognate	p. 230
Relative Constructions	p. 230
Comparative Citation Bases	p. 230
Citation Bases in a Comparative Clause	p. 230
Vergleichsprapositionale Citation Bases	p. 231
[characters not reproducible] and its Nominal Cognate	p. 232
Conclusions	p. 234
Conclusions	p. 236
The Syntax of Comparative Statements	p. 236
The Use, Development, and Significance of Citation Bases	p. 238
Citation Bases with Non-Legal Referents	p. 238
Citation Bases with Legal Referents	p. 241
Previous Scholarship	p. 251
Future Research	p. 255
Summary	p. 256
Bibliography	p. 259
Indices	p. 277
Subjects	p. 277
Authors	p. 281
Biblical Texts	p. 285
Ancient Texts	p. 300
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