Pentateuch as Torah

New Models for Understanding Its Promulgation and Acceptance

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

Since antiquity, the five books of Moses have served as a sacred constitution, foundational for both Jews and Samaritans. However long the process of accepting the Pentateuch as authoritative tōrâ (“instruction”) took, this was by all accounts a monumental achievement in the history of these peoples and indeed an important moment in the history of the ancient world. In the long development of Western societies, the Pentateuch has served as a major influence on the development of law, political philosophy, and social thought. The question is: how, where, and why did this process of acceptance occur, when did it occur, and how long did it take?

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-06-30
Mått:152 x 229 x 32 mm
Vikt:771 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:368
Förlag:Pennsylvania State University Press
ISBN:9781575061405

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Recensioner i media

“There are many . . . very fine essays in this volume, and anyone interested in pentateuchal and/or Achaemenid studies would greatly benefit from every one of them.”—Charles Halton Bulletin for Biblical Research

Innehållsförteckning

AbbreviationsHow, When, Where, and Why Did the Pentateuch Become the Torah? Gary N. Knoppers and Bernard M. LevinsonPart 1. Ratifying Local Law Codes in an International AgeThe Persian Imperial Authorization as a Historical Problem and as a Biblical Construct: A Plea for Distinctions in the Current Debate Konrad SchmidThe Rise of Torah David M. CarrLocal Law in an Imperial Context: The Role of Torah in the (Imagined) Persian Period Anselm C. HagedornTemple and Torah: Reflections on the Legal Status of the Pentateuch between Elephantine and Qumran Reinhard G. KratzThe Pentateuch in Ancient Mediterranean Context: The Publication of Local Lawcodes Gary N. Knoppers and Paul B. Harvey, Jr.Part 2. Prophets, Polemics, and Publishers: The Growing Importance of Writing in Persian Period JudahFrom History Writing to Library Building: The End of History and the Birth of the Book Jean-Louis SkaScribal Scholarship in the Formation of Torah and Prophets: A Postexilic Scribal Debate between Priestly Scholarship and Literary Prophecy— The Example of the Book of Jeremiah and Its Relation to the Pentateuch Eckart OttoPart 3. The Torah as a Foundational Document in Judah and SamariaThe Torah between Samaria and Judah: Shechem and Gerizim in Deuteronomy and Joshua Christophe NihanThe “Publication” of Legal Texts in Ancient Judah Joachim SchaperThe Samaritans and Their Pentateuch Reinhard PummerPart 4. The Translation, Interpretation, and Application of the Torah in Early Jewish LiteratureThe Second Temple and the Legal Status of the Torah: The Hermeneutics of the Torah in the Books of Ruth and Ezra Sebastian GrätzThe Septuagint of the Pentateuch and Ptolemaic Rule Arie van der KooijThe Use of the Pentateuch in the Temple Scroll and the Damascus Document in the Second Century B.C.E. Sidnie White CrawfordThe Torah as the Rhetoric of Priesthood James W. Watts