Paradigm change in Pentateuchal research
By: edited by Matthias Armgardt, Benjamin Kilchör and Markus Zehnder
Contributors: Armgardt, Matthias, editor, author; Kilchör, Benjamin, editor, author; Zehnder, Markus Philipp, editor, author
Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für altorientalische und biblische Rechtsgeschichte -- Band 22; Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für altorientalische und biblische Rechtsgeschichte -- Bd. 22.
Publisher: Harrassowitz Verlag; Harrassowitz
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Wiesbaden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9783447111706
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Congresses; Criticism, interpretation; Study and teaching; Study skills; Bible
Description: This volume collects papers originally presented at an international meeting held in March 2017. They compellingly demonstrate the necessity for a "Paradigm Change in Pentateuchal Research" from various angles. It is by now generally recognised that the old paradigm, classically formulated in Wellhausens "Prolegomena zu einer Geschichte Israels", can no longer command a dominant position in the reconstruction of the genesis and structure of the Pentateuch. While the studies collected in this volume do not suggest that there is only one specific direction for the search of a new paradigm, they make clear that an important element for the furthering of the discussion is the use of empirical methods, in contradistinction to a dominance of subjective criteria and approaches developed in circumstances that are foreign to the cultural world of the ancient Near East. The authors of the studies represent diverse backgrounds not only in terms of geography, but especially in terms of professional specialization: Besides Biblical Studies, also the fields of Assyriology, Legal History, and Linguistics are represented. Some of the studies address methodological questions in an explicit and detailed way, while others are more focused on the analysis of specific texts. A majority of the studies convincingly demonstrate that most of the Pentateuch can be solidly rooted in the pre-exilic period. --
Notes: "This volume collects papers presented at an international meeting held 16-18 March 2017 in Riehen (Switzerland), together with one additional study that was submitted later ..."--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: I. Introduction and methodological contribution; title: Time for a change!  -- George Fischer; title: Reading the Torah in a better way  -- Richard E. Averbeck; title: The limits of source criticism  -- Joshua Berman; title: The divine revelation of the Name  -- Koert van Bekkum -- II. Legal history; title: Why a paradigm change in Pentateuch research is necessary  -- Matthias Armgardt; title: The Pentateuch paradigm and ancient near eastern legal history  -- Guido Pfeifer; title: Welhausen's five pillars for the priority of D over P/H : can they still be maintained?  -- Benjamin Kilchör; title: Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28  -- Markus Zehnder -- III. Torah and prophets; title: Deuteronomy as the legal completion and prophetic finale of the Pentateuch  -- Eckart Otto; title: Jeremiah 34 originally composed as a legal blend of Leviticus 25 and Deuteronomy 15  -- Kenneth Bergland; title: The non-prophetic background for the king law in Deut 17: 14-20  -- Carsten Vang -- Dating issues; title: Steps for dating the books of the Pentateuch  -- Hendrik J. Koorevaar; title: The linguistic profile of the priestly narrative of the Pentateuch  -- Lina Petersson; title: The tabernacle and the dating of P  -- Jan Retsö; title: A "Samaritan" Pentateuch?  -- John S. Bergsma; title: What's money got to do with it?  -- Sandra Richter; title: Reconstruction of the social contexts of the priestly and Deuteronomic materials in a non-Wellhausian setting.