2. Genesis 14: Characteristics, Textual Integrity, and Textual Criticism. Preliminary Discussion and Hypotheses

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Part I: Introduction
4. 1. Background, Method, Aim, and Overview 1
5. Part II: Genesis 14*
6. 2. Genesis 14: Characteristics, Textual Integrity, and Textual Criticism. Preliminary Discussion and Hypotheses 23
7. 3. Genesis 14* and the Abraham Tradition 47
8. 4. Genesis 14* and the Composition History of the Abraham Narratives 60
9. 5. Why Was Genesis 14* Composed and Inserted into the Abraham Narrative? An Attempt at a Literary Answer 79
10. 6. The Literary Building Blocks of the Author of Genesis 14* 99
11. 7. The Historical Motivation for the Author of Genesis 14* and the Text’s Historical Meaning 129
12. Part III: The Melchizedek Episode (= ME) in Genesis 14:18–20
13. 8. Preliminaries 153
14. 9. Hypothesis: The Origin of the Melchizedek Episode Best Explained within the Paradigm of Diachronic, Inner-Biblical Exegesis 172
15. 10. Psalm 110 174
16. 11. The Phenomenon of Assimilation in the Bible 189
17. 12. ﬠַל־דִּבְרָתִי מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק: An Analysis of MT Psalm 110:4b 195
18. 13. Early Intertextual Readings of Genesis 14 and Psalm 110 215
19. 14. The Result of an Assimilation of Two Texts, Both Thought to Be Referring to Abram’s War with the King 223
20. 15. What Has Happened to the Words מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק on the Way from Psalm 110 to the Melchizedek Episode? 232
21. 16. The Date of the Melchizedek Episode 239
22. 17. A Critical Assessment of the Assimilation Model 242
23. 18. Summary of Part III 246
24. Part IV: The Addition of Genesis 14* and the Melchizedek Episode in Perspective
25. 19. The Addition of Genesis 14 to the Torah in Light of Second Temple Period Book Production 247
26. Backmatter 261