Erscheint: November 2026
Buch (Hardcover): Fachbuch
Exploring the Composition of the Pentateuch, Volume 3/1
Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P35943580
EAN: 9781646023813
Erscheint: November 2026
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Beschreibung
How did the Pentateuch come into being, and what kinds of evidence can responsibly guide new answers to this enduring question. Exploring the Composition of the Pentateuch, Volume 3/1. captures an active scholarly conversation among a diverse group of biblical scholars who challenge prevailing orthodoxies about the formation of the Torah and seek new frameworks for understanding its composition. Emphasizing the need to move beyond critique toward positive proposals supported by verifiable data and sound argumentation, the essays in this volume are organized into three areas of inquiry. Part 1 examines whether the Torah can be understood as a unified literary work in the form in which it has come down to us, probing inner-biblical relationships, the unity of Genesis narratives, and the Decalogic shape of Deuteronomic law. Part 2 considers historical and archaeological evidence for the Pentateuch's setting, including artifact analysis, wilderness sanctuary materials, and linguistic forensics. Part 3 investigates issues such as Egyptian loanwords, early Hebrew linguistic features, diachronic development, and textual variants. While this volume is forward-looking, it does not pretend to present a unified or finalized model. Instead, it offers a foundational step toward an evidence-based and methodologically transparent approach to Pentateuchal studies. It will be of particular interest to scholars and advanced students of biblical studies, the Hebrew Bible, and the history of the Pentateuch's composition. In addition to the editors, the contributors include Richard E. Averbeck, L. S. Baker Jr. , Yoel Elitzur, Georg Fischer, Yehoshua Inbal, Richard S. Hess, Michael LeFebvre, Benjamin Noonan, and Gary Rendsburg.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Benjamin Kilchör
- Kenneth Bergland
- A Rahel Wells
- Gane Roy
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Hardcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 448