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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457067903321

Autore

Schmid Konrad (1965-)

Titolo

Genesis and the Moses Story : Israel's Dual Origins in the Hebrew Bible / / Konrad Schmid ; transl. [from the German] by James D. Nogalski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Winona Lake, IN : , : Eisenbrauns, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-57506-603-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (472 p.)

Collana

Siphrut : literature and theology of the Hebrew scriptures ; ; 3

Altri autori (Persone)

NogalskiJames D

Disciplina

222/.1092

Soggetti

Israël - volk ; ontstaan

Oude testament - aartsvaders

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translated from German.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Analytical Investigation -- 3. Synthetic Reconstructions -- 4. Repercussions -- 5. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Authors -- Index of Scripture

Sommario/riassunto

Konrad Schmid is a Swiss biblical scholar who belongs to a larger group of Continental researchers proposing new directions in the study of the Pentateuch. In this volume, a translation of his Erzväter und Exodus, Schmid argues that the ancestor tradition in Genesis and the Moses story in Exodus were two competing traditions of Israel’s origins and were not combined until the time of the Priestly Code—that is, the early Persian period. Schmid interacts with the long tradition of European scholarship on the Hebrew Bible but departs from some of the main tenets of the Documentary Hypothesis: he argues that the pre-Priestly material in both text blocks is literarily and theologically so divergent that their present linkage is more appropriately interpreted as the result of a secondary redaction than as thematic variation stemming from J’s oral prehistory. He dates Genesis–2 Kings to the Persian period and considers it a redactional work that, in its present shape, is a historical introduction to the message of future hope presented in the prophetic corpus of Isaiah-Malachi.Scholars and students alike will be pleased that this translation makes Schmid’s important work readily



available in English, both for the contributions made by Schmid and the summary of continental interpretation that he presents. In this edition, some passages have been expanded or modified in order to clarify issues or to engage with more-recent scholarship. The notes and bibliography have also been updated.Dr. Schmid is Professor of Old Testament and Early Judaism at the University of Zürich.