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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823278503321

Autore

Wright Richard M

Titolo

Linguistic evidence for the pre-exilic date of the Yahwistic source [[electronic resource] /] / Richard M. Wright

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : T&T Clark International, c2005

ISBN

1-281-80273-5

9786611802738

0-567-13276-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Collana

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; ; 419

Disciplina

222/.1066

Soggetti

J document (Biblical criticism)

Hebrew language - Style

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-176) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 MORPHOLOGY; Chapter 3 SYNTAX; Chapter 4 PHRASEOLOGY; Chapter 5 LEXEMES; Chapter 6 PERSIAN LOAN-WORDS; Chapter 7 DISPUTED 'J' SOURCE VERSES; Chapter 8 CONCLUSIONS; Bibliography; Index of References

Sommario/riassunto

For the past few decades a growing number of scholars have attempted to overthrow the traditional Wellhausian view that the so-called 'Yahwist' or 'J' source of the Pentateuch is the oldest of the four major sources. These scholars have argued that J was composed during the exilic or post-exilic periods of ancient Israel. Their arguments have focused on the literary, historiographic, and theological characteristics of 'J'. This book attempts to re-evaluate on linguistic grounds such efforts to place the Yahwist source in the exilic or post-exilic periods.The study employs the methodology devel