The composition of the narrative books of the Old Testament
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The composition of the narrative books of the Old Testament
T & T Clark, c2005
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Die Komposition der erzählenden Bücher des Alten Testaments
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Originally published: Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2000
Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780567089205
Description
This is an introduction to the narrative books of the Old Testament (Genesis to Nehemiah), explaining their sources and the nature of their composition. Setting aside speculative elements of recent studies to establish an entirely scholarly, factual basis for students in the field, this text is clear and readable - and no knowledge of Hebrew is presupposed. Reinhard Kratz explains the sources of the books and the nature of their composition. He seeks to do this as far as possible without presupposing any hypotheses and on the basis of a few undisputed basic assumptions: a distinction between Priestly and non-Priestly text in the Pentateuch, the special position of Deuteronomy, a Deuteronomistic revision of Joshua - 2 Kings, and the literary use of the books of Samuel and Kings by Chronicles. Any further distinctions are based on observations of the text which are well-established and not on literary or redaction-critical distinctions. Kratz argues that what is important is how the text is read.
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: pbk ISBN 9780567089212
Description
This is an introduction to the narrative books of the Old Testament (Genesis to Nehemiah), explaining their sources and the nature of their composition. Setting aside speculative elements of recent studies to establish an entirely scholarly, factual basis for students in the field, this text is clear and readable - and no knowledge of Hebrew is presupposed. Reinhard Kratz explains the sources of the books and the nature of their composition. He seeks to do this as far as possible without presupposing any hypotheses and on the basis of a few undisputed basic assumptions: a distinction between Priestly and non-Priestly text in the Pentateuch, the special position of Deuteronomy, a Deuteronomistic revision of Joshua - 2 Kings, and the literary use of the books of Samuel and Kings by Chronicles. Any further distinctions are based on observations of the text which are well-established and not on literary or redaction-critical distinctions. Kratz argues that what is important is how the text is read.
Table of Contents
Introduction
PART 1: THE CHRONISTIC WRITINGS
1. Chronicles
2. Ezra-Nehemiah
3. The Chronistic History
PART II: THE TORAH AND FORMER PROPHETS
1. The Law in the Pentateuch
2. The Revision of the Former Prophets under the Influence of the Law
3. The Enneateuch
PART III: THE MYTH OF ISRAEL
1. The Priestly Writing
2. The Non-Priestly Narrative
3. The Hexateuch
Conclusion
Index of Biblical References
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