The Pentateuch as Torah: New Models for Understanding Its Promulgation and Acceptance

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The Pentateuch as Torah

New Models for Understanding Its Promulgation and Acceptance

Edited by: Gary N. Knoppers and Bernard M. Levinson

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2007

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Since antiquity, the five books of Moses have served as a sacred constitution, foundational for both Jews and Samaritans. However long the process of accepting the Pentateuch as authoritative tōrâ (“instruction”) took, this was by all accounts a monumental achievement in the history of these peoples and indeed an important moment in the history of the ancient world. In the long development of Western societies, the Pentateuch has served as a major influence on the development of law, political philosophy, and social thought. The question is: how, where, and why did this process of acceptance occur, when did it occur, and how long did it take?

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
How, When, Where, and Why Did the Pentateuch Become the Torah? Gary N. Knoppers and Bernard M. Levinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 1. Ratifying Local Law Codes in an International Age
The Persian Imperial Authorization as a Historical Problem and as a Biblical Construct: A Plea for Distinctions in the Current Debate Konrad Schmid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
The Rise of Torah David M. Carr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Local Law in an Imperial Context: The Role of Torah in the (Imagined) Persian Period Anselm C. Hagedorn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
Temple and Torah: Reflections on the Legal Status of the Pentateuch between Elephantine and Qumran Reinhard G. Kratz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
The Pentateuch in Ancient Mediterranean Context: The Publication of Local Lawcodes Gary N. Knoppers and Paul B. Harvey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Part 2. Prophets, Polemics, and Publishers: The Growing Importance of Writing in Persian Period Judah
From History Writing to Library Building: The End of History and the Birth of the Book Jean-Louis Ska Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Scribal Scholarship in the Formation of Torah and Prophets: A Postexilic Scribal Debate between Priestly Scholarship and Literary Prophecy— The Example of the Book of Jeremiah and Its Relation to the Pentateuch Eckart Otto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Part 3. The Torah as a Foundational Document in Judah and Samaria
The Torah between Samaria and Judah: Shechem and Gerizim in Deuteronomy and Joshua Christophe Nihan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
The “Publication” of Legal Texts in Ancient Judah Joachim Schaper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
The Samaritans and Their Pentateuch Reinhard Pummer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Part 4. The Translation, Interpretation, and Application of the Torah in Early Jewish Literature
The Second Temple and the Legal Status of the Torah: The Hermeneutics of the Torah in the Books of Ruth and Ezra Sebastian Grätz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
The Septuagint of the Pentateuch and Ptolemaic Rule Arie van der Kooij Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
The Use of the Pentateuch in the Temple Scroll and the Damascus Document in the Second Century B.C.E. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
The Torah as the Rhetoric of Priesthood James W. Watts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
Index of Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
Index of Scripture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
Index of Other Ancient Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9781575065854

eBook ISBN: 9781575065854

The Pentateuch as Torah

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