Metacritical Perspectives on Redaction Criticism

The six contributions offered in this issue aim at a critical reflection on modes and methods of biblical criticism, focusing on problems of what could be called the redaction-critical paradigm in present-day Hebrew Bible scholarship. Three papers deal with texts from the Pentateuch (Gen 6,1-4; Exod 3,1-6 and Exod 20-23) and address, among other things, the question of which criteria should be used in making redaction-critical judgments. Following this, two papers discuss the correlation of synchronic and diachronic readings, using Jer 36 as a case study. Finally, a paper on Prov 26,1-16 highlights the coherence of that composition.