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Author Whybray, R. N. (Roger Norman)

Title The making of the Pentateuch : a methodological study / R.N. Whybray.

Publication Info. Sheffield, England : JSOT Press, [1994]
©1994

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Description 1 online resource (263 pages).
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Series Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 53
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 53.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-257).
Contents Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: LITERARY HYPOTHESES; A. The Documentary Hypothesis; B. Pentateuchal Criticism Since Wellhausen; C. Assessment of the Documentary Hypothesis; 1. Presuppositions; 2. Assessment of the Criteria; 3. The Application of the Criteria; 4. The Role of the Redactors; 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; 1. Martin Noth.
2. Engnell, Nielsen and Carlson3. Georg Fohrer; 4. R. Rendtorff; 5. E. Blum; 6. Summary and Conclusions; E. Concluding Assessment; Part III: AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; A.A Single Author for the Pentateuch?; B. The Sources; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z.
Summary ''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 suggestion makes it all.
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Subject Bible. Pentateuch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. Pentateuch.
Bible. Pentateuch.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Added Author Society for Old Testament Study.
Other Form: Print version: Whybray, R.N. (Roger Norman). Making of the Pentateuch. Sheffield, England : JSOT Press, ©1994 1850750645 9781850750642 (OCoLC)31809133
ISBN 9780567594211 (electronic book)
0567594211 (electronic book)