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ancient literary convention and the limits of source criticism
1 online resource (xi, 307 pages) : illustrations
"Rather than viewing inconsistencies in the Torah as signs of revision, this book identifies precursors for these phenomena in ancient Near Eastern writings. It claims that Enlightenment and German historicist influences corrupted critical study of the Bible, and calls for a return to the more modest agenda set out by Spinoza"--
PART 1: INCONSISTENCY IN NARRATIVE. Setting Conflicting Histories Side by Side. 1. Diverging Account within the Kadesh Inscriptions of Ramesses II -- 2. The Exodus Sea Account (Exod. 13:17-15:19) in Light of the Kadesh Inscriptions of Ramesses II. Disparity in the Sovereign's Recounting of History to His Vassal. 3. Divergent Histories between Original and Renewal Treaties Hittite Diplomatic Literature -- 4. Retold History in the Book Deuteronomy Light of the Hittite Treaty Tradition.
PART 2: INCONSISTENCY IN LAW. 5. The Pivotal Characterization: Ancient Law as Non-Statutory Law -- 6. The Misapplication of "Strict Construction" and the Semblance of Contradiction -- 7. Honoring a Law Code and Diverging from Its Dictate in the neo-Babylonian King of Justice and in the Book of Ruth -- Blending Discordant Laws in Biblical Narrative -- Legal Revision the Torah Law collections: Supersessionist or Complementary? -- 10. Redacting the Torah's Conflicting Law: new Empirical Models.
PART 3: RENEWING PENTATEUCHAL CRTICSM. 11. A Critical Intellectual History of the Historical-Critical Paradigm in Biblical Studies -- 12. The Abuses Negation, Bisection and Suppression in the Dating of Biblical Texts -- The Rescue of Moses (Exodus 2:1-10) -- 13. Source Criticism and its Biases: The Flood Narrative of Genesis 6-9 -- Conclusion: A New Path Forward.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
New York : Oxford University Press, [2017]