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Author Choi, John H.

Title Traditions at odds : the reception of the Pentateuch in biblical and Second Temple period literature / John H. Choi.

Publication Info. New York : T & T Clark, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 278 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 518
T & T Clark library of biblical studies
Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 518.
T & T Clark library of biblical studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-263) and indexes.
Contents Introduction and statement of purpose -- Methodology. A critique of the linear model of composition ; Alternatives to a linear model ; Methodological approach (Ideological content ; When is the same not the same? ; Lack of awareness and the issue of relevance ; A resistant reading) ; A note about Second Temple period literature -- Festivals and holidays. A theory of ritual ; Festivals and holidays in the Bible (Pesach and Matsoth ; Sukkoth ; Sabbath) ; Festivals and holidays in the Second Temple period (Expansions of biblical law ; Amalgamation of biblical laws ; Retrojection of biblical holidays) ; Conclusion -- Non-Pentateuchal historical retrospectives. Bible and historiography ; Non-Pentateuchal historiographic texts (Psalm 78 ; Psalm 105 ; Plagues in Psalms 78 and 105 ; Psalm 106 ; Joshua 24 ; Ezekiel 20 ; Nehemiah 9 ; Historiography in the Second Temple period ; Genesis apocryphon ; Liber antiquitatum biblicarum of Pseudo-Philo ; "Competitive historiography" of Jewish-Hellenistic historians ; Book of Jubilees) ; Conclusion -- Pentateuch as Torah. Role of literacy in the ancient world ; "Direct" citations of "instruction" ("Instruction" in the Deuteronomistic history ; "Instruction" in prophetic literature ; "Instruction" in post-exilic historiographic texts (Ezra, Nehemiah, Chronicles)) ; "Instruction" in the Psalms and wisdom literature ; Competing conceptions of "instruction" in the Second Temple period ; Conclusion -- Conclusions : a look ahead.
Summary Traditions at Odds explores the Pentateuch's literary influence on other biblical texts. There exist a number of content discrepancies between pentateuchal and non-pentateuchal texts that treat the same subject. Through a detailed analysis, the author argues that the discrepancies are not alterations of pentateuchal material, as is generally argued, but rather indications of independent traditions. Thus, much of biblical literature was written outside of the Pentateuch's purview. Corroborating evidence is found in literature from the Second Temple Period, which also exhibits a lack of conformi.
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Subject Bible. Pentateuch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History.
Bible. Pentateuch.
History.
Bible. Pentateuch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish -- History.
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History.
Bible. Old Testament.
Bible. Pentateuch -- Influence.
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History.
Bible. Pentateuch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History.
Bible. Pentateuch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish -- History.
Bible. Pentateuch -- Influence.
Apocryphal books (Old Testament) -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History.
Apocryphal books (Old Testament)
Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Choi, John H. Traditions at odds. New York : T & T Clark, ©2010 9780567265241 (DLC) 2009028405 (OCoLC)426147308
ISBN 9780567202994 (electronic book)
0567202992 (electronic book)
1283194120
9781283194129
9780567265241
0567265242