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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453925103321

Autore

Whybray R. N (Roger Norman)

Titolo

The making of the Pentateuch [[electronic resource] ] : a methodological study / / R.N. Whybray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, : JSOT, c1987

ISBN

1-281-84207-9

9786611842079

0-567-59421-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series, , 0309-0787 ; ; 53

Disciplina

222.1066

Soggetti

Theology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: LITERARY HYPOTHESES; A. The Documentary Hypothesis; B. Pentateuchal Criticism Since Wellhausen; C. Assessment of the Documentary Hypothesis; D. Comparison with other Literary Hypotheses; E. Summary and Conclusions; Part II: FORM-CRITICAL AND TRADITIO-CRITICAL HYPOTHESES; A. The New Approach; B. The Meaning of 'Tradition'; C. The Study of Oral Tradition; D. Traditio-Historical Methods: Some Examples; E. Concluding Assessment; Part III: AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; A. A Single Author for the Pentateuch?; B. The Sources; Bibliography

Index of Biblical ReferencesIndex of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Whybray's recent book is a masterful review of all the options set out by critical scholarship since Wellhausen, i.e., over the last century. It is an exhaustive and up to date treatment, concise and highly readable.' E. Dyck, Crux 'Sensitive to standards of ancient historiography and parallels from the Greek sphere, Whybray proposes that the Pentateuch is the work of an ancient historian, possibly designed as a supplement or prologue to the deuteronomistic history. The analysis of the work of others and of the state of [CHECK REVIEW!] extremely valuable; the final



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