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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828465603321

Autore

Baden Joel S. <1977->

Titolo

The composition of the Pentateuch : renewing the documentary hypothesis / / Joel S. Baden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-280-57150-0

9786613601100

0-300-15264-7

Edizione

[First Edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (389 p.)

Collana

The Anchor Yale Bible reference library

Disciplina

222/.1066

Soggetti

Documentary hypothesis (Pentateuchal criticism)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. The Sale of Joseph, Genesis 37:18-36 -- Chapter 1. The Documentary Hypothesis -- Chapter 2. Continuity -- Chapter 3. Coherence -- Chapter 4. Complementarity -- Chapter 5. Completeness -- Chapter 6. Compilation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Biblical Citations

Sommario/riassunto

For well over two centuries the question of the composition of the Pentateuch has been among the most central and hotly debated issues in the field of biblical studies. In this book, Joel Baden presents a fresh and comprehensive argument for the Documentary Hypothesis. Critically engaging both older and more recent scholarship, he fundamentally revises and reorients the classical model of the formation of the Pentateuch. Interweaving historical and methodological chapters with detailed textual case studies, Baden provides a critical introduction to the history of Pentateuchal scholarship, discussions on the most pressing issues in the current debate, and a practical model for the study of the biblical text.