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When God Wanted to Destroy the Chosen People
Biblical Traditions and Theology on the Move
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Gili Kugler
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English
Published/Copyright:
2019
About this book
According to narratives in the Bible the threats of the people’s end come from various sources, but the most significant threat comes, as learned from the Pentateuch, from God himself. What is the theological meaning of this tradition? In what circumstances did it evolve? How did it stand alongside other theological and socio-political concepts known to the ancient authors and their diverse audience?
The book employs a diachronic method that explores the stages of the tradition’s formation and development, revealing the authors’ exegetical purposes and ploys, and tracing the historical realities of their time.
The book proposes that the motif of the threat of destruction existed in various forms prior to the creation of the stories recorded in the final text of the Pentateuch. The inclusion of the motif within specific literary contexts attenuated the concept of destruction by presenting it as a phenomenon of specific moments in the past. Nevertheless, the threat was resurrected repeatedly by various authors, for use as a precedent or a justification for present affliction.
The book employs a diachronic method that explores the stages of the tradition’s formation and development, revealing the authors’ exegetical purposes and ploys, and tracing the historical realities of their time.
The book proposes that the motif of the threat of destruction existed in various forms prior to the creation of the stories recorded in the final text of the Pentateuch. The inclusion of the motif within specific literary contexts attenuated the concept of destruction by presenting it as a phenomenon of specific moments in the past. Nevertheless, the threat was resurrected repeatedly by various authors, for use as a precedent or a justification for present affliction.
Author / Editor information
Gili Kugler, University of Sydney, Australia.
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
June 4, 2019
eBook ISBN:
9783110609905
Hardcover published on:
June 4, 2019
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110605822
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
11
Main content:
223
Illustrations:
1
Keywords for this book
Biblical Theology; Biblical Interpretation; Biblical Historiography; Rewriting biblical traditions.
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars of Theology and Religion, Hebrew Bible and Old Testament, Pentateuch.
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