The Pentateuch
By: edited by John W. Rogerson.
Contributors: Rogerson, J. W. 1935-
Series: The Biblical seminar -- 39.; Sheffield reader
Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Sheffield, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Pentateuch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The 'Yahwist' as Theologian? The dilemma of Pentateuchal criticism / Rolf Rendtorff; title: In search of new approaches in Pentateuchal research / H.H. Schmid; title: The background of the patriarchs: a reply to William Dever and Malcolm Clark / Thomas L. Thompson; title: The significance of the 'Sons of God' episode (Genesis 6.1-4) in the context of the 'Primaeval History' (Genesis 1-11) / David J.A. Clines; title: Narrative structure and Canonical perspective in Genesis / Robert L. Cohn; title: The ceremonial and the Judicial: Biblical law as sign and symbol / Bernard S. Jackson; title: The laws of warfare in the Book of Deuteronomy: their origins, intent and positivity / Alexander Rofé; title: Dream form in Genesis 2.4b-3.24: asleep in the garden / Dan E. Burns; title: Peasants in revolt: political allegory in Genesis 2-3 / James M. Kennedy; title: Leviticus 15.18 reconsidered: chiasm, spatial structure and the body / Richard Whitekettle; title: Freedom or knowledge? perspective and purpose in the Exodus narrative (Exodus 1-15) / Lyle Eslinger; title: Town and rural countryside in Ancient Israelite law: reception and redaction in cuneiform and Israelite law / Eckart Otto; title: On describing the purpose of Deuteronomy / A.D.H. Mayes; title: The forbidden animals in Leviticus / Mary Douglas; title: What if Dinah is not raped? (Genesis 34) / Lyn M. Bechtel; title: 'A strong woman, who can find?' a study of characterization in Genesis 24, with some perspectives on the general presentation of Isaac and Rebekah in the Genesis narratives / Lieve Teugels; title: Beastly speech: intertextuality, Balaam's ass and the Garden of Eden / G. Savran; title: The death of Isaac: structuralist analysis of Genesis 22 / Seth Daniel Kunin; title: The anthropology of clothing in the Joseph narrative / Victor H. Matthews.