J, E, and the redaction of the Pentateuch /
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| Author / Creator: | Baden, Joel S., 1977- |
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| Imprint: | Tùˆbingen : Mohr Siebeck, c2009. |
| Description: | xi, 339 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Forschungen zum Alten Testament, 0940-4155 ; 68 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7796993 |
| Summary: | Joel S. Baden addresses the relationship between the J and E documents in the Pentateuch. He demonstrates that, contrary to the standard claims of classical source criticism, the J and E sources were never combined into a JE document. Rather, these two sources were combined with each other at the same time that they were combined with the P and D documents, in one process of redaction.After investigating the history of scholarly arguments regarding the existence and combination of J and E, the author goes on to argue in detail for the dependence of D on the separate, independent narratives of J and, primarily, E. Significant attention is paid to the issue of redaction. In particular, Baden critiques the manner in which passages have traditionally been attributed to redactors, and argues for a more restrictive concept of the redactor and his work. It is further argued that the literary evidence in the Pentateuch provides for the existence of only a single redactor, to whom the compilation of all four sources of the Pentateuch is to be attributed.In the course of this study, a number of important questions regarding the composition of the Pentateuch are addressed: the existence of E, the relationship between D and the narratives of Genesis-Numbers, and the nature of the redactor. In the end, this study stands as both a critique of traditional documentary analysis of the Pentateuch and a defense of its fundamental claims. |
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| Item Description: | Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 339 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-325) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 3161499301 9783161499302 |
