Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Abbreviations vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part 1 The Readability of the Pentateuch
6. Chapter 1 Case Studies of Some Apparent Inconsistencies in the Pentateuch 9
7. Chapter 2 Contradiction, Coherence, and Composition 34
8. Chapter 3 Sophisticated Narrative Technique of the Pentateuch 54
9. Chapter 4 The Coherence and Internal Rationale of the Priestly Legislation in the Pentateuch with Special Attention to the “Guilt Offering” 68
10. Part 2 The Dating of Deuteronomy
11. Chapter 5 Selective Literary Representation of Vassal Obsequiousness and Responsive Awareness in the Amarna Letters, the Hittite Treaty Prologues, and Deuteronomy 1–3 95
12. Chapter 6 Borrowed Curses : The Loyalty Oath of Esarhaddon, Deuteronomy 28:20–44, and a Premonarchic Date for the Earliest Edition of Deuteronomy 116
13. Chapter 7 The Tribes of Israel (Part 1) : Their Significance for Assessing the Provenance of the Book of Deuteronomy 134
14. Chapter 8 The Tribes of Israel (Part 2) : Their Significance for Assessing the Provenance of Deuteronomy 33 163
15. Part 3 The Dating of the Pentateuch
16. Chapter 9 The Biblical Criticism of Ibn Hazm the Andalusian : A Medieval Control for Modern Diachronic Method 193
17. Chapter 10 Questions Concerning the Covenant Code in Light of the Hazor Legal Fragments 207
18. Chapter 11 Three Turning Points in Research History Toward a Farewell to the Mosaic Origin of the Pentateuch: How Strong Are They? 215
19. Chapter 12 Direction of Dependence in the Animal‑Related Sabbath Laws in the Pentateuch 232
20. Chapter 13 Did Postexilic Judaism Really Abandon Jerusalem and the Temple? A Discussion with Jean Louis Ska on the Absence of Zion Theology from the Pentateuch 249
21. List of Contributors 271
22. Subject Index 273
23. Ancient Source Index 279
24. Bulletin for Biblical Research Supplements 287