The Pentateuch as Torah
Subtitle: new models for understanding its promulgation and acceptance
By: edited by Gary N. Knoppers and Bernard M. Levinson.
Contributors: Knoppers, Gary N., 1956-; Levinson, Bernard M.
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Winona Lake, Ind
Language: eng; grc; heb
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781575061405
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Pentateuch -- History -- Congresses; Bible. -- O.T. -- Pentateuch -- Canonical criticism -- Congresses; Bible. -- O.T. -- Pentateuch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc -- Congresses; Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D. -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "This interdisciplinary collection of essays on the promulgation of the Pentateuch and its acceptance as authoritative Torah includes contributions from international specialists on the Hebrew Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint, Samaritan history, colonial theory, Mediterranean studies, the Elephantine Island texts, and comparative legal history. The material gathered here is a state-of-the-art presentation of the issues, raising new questions and seeking new answers." "The book includes a substantive introduction that pulls the various contributions together and places them in the broader context of recent work on the propagation and acceptance of the Pentateuch as a prestigious writing in the late Persian and early Hellenistic periods."--book jacket.
Notes: "The origins of this volume lie in the four special panels on Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Law that convened at the 2006 International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Edinburgh ... "--P. 1.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.