The Composition of Genesis 37

1 - Cover [Seite 1]
2 - Foreword [Seite 8]
3 - Preface [Seite 10]
4 - Table of Contents [Seite 12]
5 - List of Figures [Seite 18]
6 - Abbreviations & Symbols [Seite 20]
7 - Chapter 1: History of Research [Seite 24]
7.1 - 1. Documentary Hypothesis [Seite 26]
7.1.1 - 1.1 Karl-David Ilgen [Seite 26]
7.1.2 - 1.2 Hermann Hupfeld [Seite 28]
7.1.3 - 1.3 Julius Wellhausen [Seite 28]
7.1.4 - 1.4 Joel Baden [Seite 30]
7.2 - 2. Form Criticism [Seite 31]
7.2.1 - 2.1 Hermann Gunkel [Seite 31]
7.2.2 - 2.2 Hugo Greßmann [Seite 33]
7.2.3 - 2.3 Gerhard von Rad [Seite 34]
7.3 - 3. Tradition Criticism [Seite 36]
7.4 - 4. Unity [Seite 38]
7.4.1 - 4.1 Wilhelm Rudolph [Seite 38]
7.4.2 - 4.2 George Coats [Seite 39]
7.4.3 - 4.3 Claus Westermann [Seite 41]
7.5 - 5. Fortschreibung - Hypotheses of redactional updating [Seite 41]
7.5.1 - 5.1 Donald Redford [Seite 41]
7.5.2 - 5.2 Hans-Christoph Schmitt [Seite 43]
7.5.3 - 5.3 Peter Weimar [Seite 44]
7.6 - 6. Synchronic Readings [Seite 45]
7.6.1 - 6.1 Jan Peter Fokkelman [Seite 45]
7.6.2 - 6.2 James Ackerman [Seite 46]
7.6.3 - 6.3 Edward Greenstein [Seite 46]
7.6.4 - 6.4 Anthony Campbell and Mark O'Brien [Seite 47]
7.7 - 7. Elements of Incoherence in the Text - A Summary [Seite 47]
7.7.1 - 7.1 Tensions arising from reading the Joseph Story in the Pentateuch [Seite 48]
7.7.2 - 7.2 Tensions arising from reading Genesis 37 in the Joseph Story [Seite 50]
7.7.3 - 7.3 Problems internal to Genesis 37 [Seite 51]
7.8 - 8. Analysis [Seite 53]
7.9 - 9. Status Quaestionis [Seite 58]
8 - Chapter 2: Gen 37,18-30 and the Sale of Joseph [Seite 60]
8.1 - 1. Statement of Problem [Seite 61]
8.2 - 2. Proposed Synchronic Solutions [Seite 63]
8.2.1 - 2.1 The Midianites are Ishmaelites [Seite 63]
8.2.2 - 2.2 The Midianites sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites [Seite 65]
8.3 - 3. Proposed Diachronic Solutions [Seite 66]
8.3.1 - 3.1 The text is a composition from two sources [Seite 66]
8.3.1.1 - 3.1.1 Hermann Gunkel's proposal [Seite 67]
8.3.1.2 - 3.1.2 Joel Baden's proposal [Seite 72]
8.3.1.3 - 3.1.3 The hermeneutic of A. F. Campbell and M. A. O'Brien [Seite 74]
8.3.1.4 - 3.1.4 Provisional conclusion [Seite 76]
8.3.1.5 - 3.1.5 Analysis of ostensible doublets in Gen 37,18-30 [Seite 76]
8.3.2 - 3.2 The section contains a short redactional addition [Seite 85]
8.3.2.1 - 3.2.1 Erhard Blum's proposal [Seite 85]
8.3.2.2 - 3.2.2 Analysis of Blum's proposal [Seite 86]
8.3.2.3 - 3.2.3 Provisional conclusion [Seite 92]
8.3.3 - 3.3 The text contains an original version and a redactional layer [Seite 93]
8.3.3.1 - 3.3.1 'Judah' base text with 'Reuben' expansion [Seite 93]
8.3.3.2 - 3.3.2 'Reuben' base text with 'Judah' expansion [Seite 98]
8.3.3.3 - 3.3.3 Provisional conclusion [Seite 106]
8.4 - 4. Toward a New Solution to Gen 37,18-30 [Seite 107]
9 - Chapter 3: Genesis 37,1-11 and the Exposition of the Joseph Story [Seite 112]
9.1 - 1. Statement of Problem [Seite 113]
9.1.1 - 1.1 Multiple causes of the brothers' malice toward Joseph [Seite 113]
9.1.2 - 1.2 Doublets and contradictions within the dream sequences [Seite 114]
9.1.3 - 1.3 Use of both Jacob and Israel to name the father [Seite 117]
9.1.4 - 1.4 Specification of the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah [Seite 117]
9.2 - 2. Proposed Diachronic Solutions [Seite 118]
9.2.1 - 2.1 The text is a composition based on three source documents [Seite 118]
9.2.1.1 - 2.1.1 Hermann Gunkel's proposal [Seite 119]
9.2.1.2 - 2.1.2 The LXX variant of the dream sequences [Seite 122]
9.2.1.3 - 2.1.3 Baruch Schwartz's proposal [Seite 125]
9.2.2 - 2.2 The passage contains redactional updating layers [Seite 130]
9.3 - 3. Toward a New Solution to Gen 37,5-11 [Seite 137]
9.3.1 - 3.1 The problem of style as basis for unity of dreams [Seite 139]
9.3.2 - 3.2 The purpose of dream pairing [Seite 143]
9.3.3 - 3.3 The fulfillment of Joseph's dreams [Seite 146]
9.3.4 - 3.4 The entirety of the second dream as a redactional expansion [Seite 151]
9.3.4.1 - 3.4.1 The father's response (v. 10) [Seite 151]
9.3.4.2 - 3.4.2 The celestial motif (v. 9b) [Seite 153]
9.3.5 - 3.5 Multiple causes of the brothers' malice toward Joseph and v. 8b [Seite 154]
9.3.6 - 3.6 The displaced problem of the plural "dreams" [Seite 156]
9.3.7 - 3.7 Proposed original dream report reconstruction [Seite 157]
9.4 - 4. Toward A New Solution to Gen 37,1-4 [Seite 160]
9.4.1 - 4.1 In the land of his father's sojourning [Seite 162]
9.4.2 - 4.2 The tôl?dôt [Seite 163]
9.4.3 - 4.3 Notice of Joseph's age [Seite 166]
9.4.3.1 - 4.3.1 Chronological markers within tôl?dôt formulae [Seite 167]
9.4.3.2 - 4.3.2 Chronological markers independent of tôl?dôt formulae [Seite 170]
9.4.4 - 4.4 The beginning of the narrative exposition of the JS [Seite 172]
9.4.4.1 - 4.4.1 Joseph as a shepherd [Seite 176]
9.4.4.2 - 4.4.2 Joseph the ????? and the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah [Seite 177]
9.4.4.3 - 4.4.3 The problem of "evil slander" [Seite 179]
9.4.5 - 4.5 Provisional conclusion [Seite 182]
9.4.6 - 4.6 The w?qa?al in Gen 37,3 and the redactional nature of ???????? ???????? [Seite 183]
9.5 - 5. Conclusion [Seite 187]
10 - Chapter 4: The Unity of Gen 37,31-35 [Seite 192]
10.1 - 1. Solutions Proposed [Seite 193]
10.1.1 - 1.1 The passage is a composition from two sources [Seite 193]
10.1.1.1 - 1.1.1 Joseph's special tunic [Seite 195]
10.1.1.2 - 1.1.2 The father's mourning ritual [Seite 196]
10.1.1.3 - 1.1.3 The patriarch's name [Seite 198]
10.1.2 - 1.2 The passage contains a redactional updating layer [Seite 199]
10.1.3 - 1.3 The passage is unified [Seite 201]
10.2 - 2. Toward a Conclusion [Seite 203]
11 - Chapter 5: The Unity of Gen 37,12-17 [Seite 208]
11.1 - 1. Solutions Proposed [Seite 208]
11.1.1 - 1.1 The passage is a composition from two sources [Seite 208]
11.1.2 - 1.2 The passage contains a redactional updating layer [Seite 212]
11.1.2.1 - 1.2.1 The proposal of D. Redford [Seite 212]
11.1.2.2 - 1.2.2 The proposal of P. Weimar [Seite 213]
11.2 - 2. Toward a Conclusion [Seite 216]
12 - Chapter 6: The Composition of Genesis 37 [Seite 220]
12.1 - 1. Synthesis of Results [Seite 220]
12.2 - 2. The Nature of the Redactional Insertions [Seite 225]
12.3 - 3. Indications of Provenance and Dating [Seite 227]
12.3.1 - 3.1 Original narrative [Seite 227]
12.3.2 - 3.2 Redactional expansions [Seite 235]
13 - Appendix [Seite 240]
14 - Bibliography [Seite 244]
15 - Index of Biblical References [Seite 256]
16 - Index of Authors [Seite 264]
17 - Index of Subjects [Seite 268]