
The Problem of the Process of Transmission in the Pentateuch
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- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Translator's Note
- Chapter 1 THE PROCESS OF TRANSMISSION AND THE DOCUMENTARY HYPOTHESIS
- 1.1 The new approach of Gerhard von Rad
- 1.2 The modification of this approach by Martin Noth
- 1.3 The documentary hypothesis maintained
- 1.4 The question of the 'larger units'
- Chapter 2 THE PATRIARCHAL STORIES AS EXAMPLES OF A 'LARGER UNIT' WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PENTATEUCH
- 2.1 The stories of Joseph, Jacob, and Isaac
- 2.2 The story of Abraham
- 2.2.1 The variety of layers in the process of transmission of the Abraham tradition
- 2.2.2 The promises in the divine addresses in the Abraham story
- 2.3 The promises to the patriarchs
- 2.3.1 The promise of the land
- 2.3.2 The promise of descendants
- 2.3.3 The blessing
- 2.3.4 The guidance
- 2.3.5 The combination of individual promise themes
- 2.4 The function of the promise addresses in the composition of the patriarchal story
- 2.5 The absence of any definite reworking in Exodus-Numbers
- 2.6 The 'larger units' in Exodus-Numbers
- 2.7 Traces of an over-arching reworking
- Chapter 3 CRITICISM OF PENTATEUCHAL CRITICISM
- 3.1 The present state of pentateuchal criticism
- 3.2 The problem of the Yahwist
- 3.2.1 Literary analysis of the Yahwist
- 3.2.2 Characteristics of the work of the Yahwist
- 3.2.3 The theology of the Yahwist
- 3.2.4 Reasons against the acceptance of a Yahwistic work
- 3.3 The problem of a priestly narrative in the patriarchal story
- 3.3.1 The stories of Joseph and Isaac
- 3.3.2 The Jacob story
- 3.3.3 The Abraham story
- 3.3.4 Genesis 23
- 3.4 The priestly layer in the patriarchal story
- 3.4.1 Chronological notes
- 3.4.2 'Theological' passages
- 3.4.3 The function of the priestly layer
- 3.4.4 No priestly narrative, but a layer of priestly reworking
- 3.5 Synthesis
- Chapter 4 CONCLUSIONS AND CONSEQUENCES
- 4.1 Dissent from the documentary hypothesis
- 4.2 The 'larger units' in the Pentateuch
- 4.2.1 The patriarchal story
- 4.2.2 The other 'larger units'
- 4.3 The problem of the synthesizing, final arrangement of the Pentateuch
- Index of Biblical References
- Index of Authors
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- E
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- G
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- J
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- L
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