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OverviewThe promise of land and progeny to the patriarchs-Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob-is a central, recurring feature of the Pentateuch. From the beginning of the story of Abraham to the last moment of Moses's life, this promise forms the guiding theological statement for each narrative. Yet literary and historical inquiries ascribe the promise texts to a variety of sources, layers, and redactions, raising questions about how the promise functioned in its original manifestations and how it can be used to understand the formation of the Pentateuch as a whole. Joel S. Baden reexamines the patriarchal promise in its historical and contemporaneous contexts, evaluating the benefits and drawbacks of both final-form and literary-historical approaches to the promise. He pays close attention to the methodologies employed in both documentary and non-documentary analyses and aims to bring source-critical analysis of the promise to bear on the understanding of the canonical text for contemporary readers. The Promise to the Patriarchs addresses the question of how the literary-historical perspective can illuminate and even deepen the theological meaning of the Pentateuch, particularly of the promise at the heart of this central biblical corpus. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Joel S. Baden (Associate Professor of Old Testament, Associate Professor of Old Testament, Yale Divinity School)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 16.30cm Weight: 0.488kg ISBN: 9780199898244ISBN 10: 0199898243 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 04 April 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewseloquent and erudite ... Baden's research offers a refreshing strategy for engaging familiar methodologies as a means to consider anew narrative details of the Pentateuch ... Recommended. H. M. Szpek, CHOICE Eloquent and erudite... Baden's research offers a refreshing strategy for engaging familiar methodologies as a means to consider anew narrative details of the Pentateuch. --CHOICE eloquent and erudite ... Baden's research offers a refreshing strategy for engaging familiar methodologies as a means to consider anew narrative details of the Pentateuch ... Recommended. * H. M. Szpek, CHOICE * Author InformationJoel S. Baden is Associate Professor of Old Testament at the Yale Divinity School. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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