Full Description
This watershed book by a leading Old Testament scholar presents an alternative perspective in the ongoing debate about the formation of the Hebrew Bible. It marshals all of the important counterarguments to the standard theory of Old Testament canon formation, showing how the Pentateuch and the Prophets developed more or less simultaneously and mutually influenced each other over time. The widely praised European edition is now available in North America with an updated bibliography and a new postscript reflecting on how the study of the Old Testament canon has developed over the last twenty years.
Contents
Contents
1. The Question of the Law and the Prophets
Introduction
The Rise of the Standard Theory
#9;H. E. Ryle
Canon and High Criticism
#9;J. Wellhausen
#9;W. J. Beecher
#9;G. H#1255;lscher
#9;Summary
The First Half of the Twentieth Century
#9;M. L. Margolis
Mid-Century Views and New Findings
#9;R. H. Pfeiffer
#9;Summary
The Rise of a Canonical Approach
#9;P. R. Ackroyd
#9;D. N. Freedman
#9;R. E. Clements
#9;J. C. H. Lebram
#9;A. C. Sundberg Jr.
#9;T. N. Swanson
#9;J. A. Sanders
#9;S. Z. Leiman
#9;J. Blenkinsopp
#9;J. Conrad
#9;B. S. Childs
Recent Proposals
#9;J. Barr
#9;J. Barton
#9;R. T. Beckwith
#9;N. K. Gottwald
#9;O. H. Steck
#9;E. E. Ellis
#9;J. W. Miller
#9;L. M. McDonald
Conclusions
2. quot;Density within Historyquot;: Canon as Theological Grammar
Introduction
Ideology and Historical Criticism
#9;P. R. Davies
A quot;Canonicalquot; Approach?
#9;H. Bloom
#9;N. Frye
Canons, Power, and Self-Interest
#9;C. Altieri
Canon as a Theological quot;Grammarquot;
#9;quot;Self-Sumsumptionquot; and the Old Testament Canon
#9;The Articulation of Shared Values
#9;A Critical Benchmark
quot;Canonquot; versus quot;Scripturequot;
3. No Prophet Like Moses?: Canonical Conclusions as Hermeneutical Guides
Introduciton
Deuteronomy 34:10-12
#9;A Conclusion to the Torah
#9;An Incomparability Formula
#9;Moses as Covenant Mediator
#9;Moses as a Prophet
#9;Dual Agency
#9;Summary
Malachi 3:22-24 [4:4-6]
#9;Appendices to Malachi Alone?
#9;Appendices to the Prophetic Corpus?
#9;A Variety of Orders in the Prophets
#9;Canon-Conscious Appendices
#9;Further Deuteronomistic Background
#9;Appendices to Malachi and the Twelve
Summary
4. The Law and . . .
Introduction
Deuteronomy 31-34
#9;Deuteronomy 30-31
#9;Deuteronomy 31
#9;Deuteronomy 32
#9;#9;1. A Prophetic Account of History
#9;#9;2. Prophetic Motifs and Idioms
#9;#9;3. Prophetic Citations and Allusions
#9;#9;Conclusions regarding Deuteronomy 32
#9;Deuteronomy 33
#9;Summary of Deuteronomy 31-34
Joshua
#9;A quot;Deuteronomistic Historyquot;
#9;A Deuteronomistic Edition of Joshua
#9;A Second Deuteronomistic Edition of Joshua
#9;The Problem of Joshua 23-24
#9;The Relation of Joshua to Judges
#9;A Third Layer of Redaction?
#9;Joshua 8:30-35
#9;The Relation between Joshua 8:30-35 and 24:1-28
#9;Redactional Summary of Joshua
#9;Prophecy in Joshua
#9;A Prophet like Moses
#9;The Final Form of Joshua
5. The Law and the Words
Introduction
The Deuteronomistic History Revisited
#9;The Book of Judges
#9;The Books of Samuel
#9;The Books of Kings
#9;#9;1 Kings 17-19, the Elijah Stories
#9;#9;2 Kings 17:7-23 and 21:10-15
#9;Summary
Jeremiah
#9;quot;The Law and the Wordsquot;
#9;quot;My Servants the Prophetsquot;
#9;The quot;Wordquot; and the quot;Wordsquot;
#9;A quot;Prophet like Mosesquot;
#9;Summary
Zechariah 1 and 7-8
#9;Prophecy in First Zechariah
#9;quot;The Law and the Wordsquot;
#9;Citations and Allusions
#9;Summary
Chronicles
#9;Prophecy in Chronicles
#9;#9;1. Stories about Prophets
#9;#9;2. The Prophetic Addresses
#9;#9;3. Citation Formula
#9;Summary
Ezra-Nehemiah
#9;Prophecy in Ezra-Nehemiah
#9;#9;1. A Surprising Beginning
#9;#9;2. A Surprising Ending
#9;#9;3. Prior Knowledge of the Law
#9;#9;4. The Authority of Prophetic Scripture
#9;#9;5. Prophetic quot;Wordsquot;
Daniel
6. The Pre-eminence of Torah?
Introduction
Counter-Indications: Ground for the Torah's Pre-eminence
#9;Internal Evidence
#9;External Evidence
#9;#9;1. Perisan Policy
#9;#9;2. Prior Canonization
#9;#9;3. Text Criticism
#9;#9;4. The Samaritan Pentateuch
#9;#9;5. The Septuagint
#9;#9;6. The Dead Sea Scrolls
#9;#9;7. Ben Sira
#9;#9;8. The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
#9;#9;9. The Cessation of Prophecy
#9;#9;10. The New Testament
#9;#9;11. The Sadducees' Canon
#9;#9;12. The Synagogue Lectionaries
#9;#9;13. Philo
#9;#9;14. Josephus
#9;#9;15. Literary Position
The Twin Authority of Law and Prophets
#9;Christian Tradition
#9;Jewish Tradition
Reconstruction and Conclusions
#9;The Place of the Writings?
#9;Theological Implications for Jewish and Christian Traditions
Indexes
