The Problem of the Process of Transmission in the Pentateuch
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 1990
240 pages
978-0-567-61049-2 (ISBN)
Description
Rolf Rendtorff is interested above all in the process by which the Pentateuch reached the form in which it now lies before us. He concludes that the classic Documentary Hypothesis has been tried in the fire and found wanting, and traces briefly the scholarly path that led him to this conclusion. His approach has been met with strong disagreement, cautious agreement, and, in some quarters, relief and readiness to look for other ways than that of the documentary hypothesis to explain the formation of the Pentateuch. It is certain, however, that scholars of the Pentateuch cannot ignore Rendtorff's important volume.
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1. Auflage
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English
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London
United Kingdom
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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978-0-567-61049-2 (9780567610492)
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Rolf Rendtorff is Emeritus Professor of Old Testament, University of Heidelberg.
Content
- 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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