The Yahwist A Historian of Israelite Origins
This book on the Yahwist comes at the end of a long career of research on the Pentateuch in general and the Yahwist in particular. Van Seters’s interest in the Yahwist was stimulated by the 1964 presidential address of the Society of Biblical Literature, given by Professor Fredrick Winnett, “Rethink...
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| Language: | English |
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Winona Lake :
Eisenbrauns,
2014
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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Table of Contents:
- ""Is There Any Historiography in the Hebrew Bible? A Hebrew�Greek Comparison""""Author or Redactor?""; ""The Report of the Yahwist�s Demise Has Been Greatly Exaggerated""; ""The Yahwist Flood Story and the Babylonian Flood Tradition""; ""The Covenant of Abraham in Genesis 15""; ""The Silence of Dinah (Genesis 34)""; ""The Joseph Story: Some Basic Observations""; ""The Israelites in Egypt (Exodus 1�5) within the Larger Context of the Yahwist�s History""; ""The Itinerary from Egypt to the Jordan River: A Study in J�s Historiography""
- ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Prologue""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Part 1""; ""An Outline of the Yahwist�s Antiquities of Israel""; ""Introduction""; ""The Primeval History from Creation to the Tower of Babel""; ""The History of the Patriarchs""; ""The Sojourn in Egypt and the Exodus""; ""From the Red Sea to Sinai""; ""Israel at Sinai""; ""The Desert Journey from Sinai to Kadesh""; ""The Final Push: From Kadesh to the Jordan River""; ""Observations on J�s Sources, Literary Techniques, and Ideological Perspective""; ""Part Two""; ""Studies in Defense of the Yahwist""
- ""The Altar Law of Exodus 20:24�26 in Critical Debate""""The Tent of Meeting in the Yahwist�s Sinai-Wilderness Story: A Test Case""; ""Deuteronomy between Pentateuch and the Deuteronomistic History""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index of Authors""; ""Index of Scripture""