Farewell to the Yahwist?: The Composition of the Pentateuch in Recent European Interpretation (Society of Biblical Literature Symposium Series, 34) [Paperback]

Thomas B. Dozeman (Editor), Konrad Schmid (Editor)

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Publication Date: July 1, 2006

Since the assured results of scholarship are rarely certain, it should come as no surprise that the classical formulation of the Documentary Hypothesis has yet again been called into question. However, many North American scholars are unfamiliar with the work of a new generation of European scholars who are advancing an alternate view of the compositional history of the Pentateuch. A growing consensus in Europe argues that the larger blocks of pentateuchal tradition, especially the stories of the patriarchs and Moses, were not redactionally linked before the Priestly Code, as the J hypothesis suggests, but existed side by side as two independent, rival myths of Israel s origins. This volume makes available both the most recent European scholarship on the Pentateuch and its critical discussion, providing a helpful resource and fostering further dialogue between North American and European interpreters. The contributors are Erhard Blum, David M. Carr, Thomas B. Dozeman, Jan Christian Gertz, Christoph Levin, Albert de Pury, Thomas Christian Roemer, Konrad Schmid, and John Van Seters.

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Thomas B. Dozeman is Professor of Hebrew Bible at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. He is the author of Exodus (Eerdmans), God at War: Power in the Exodus Tradition (Oxford), and God on the Mountain: A Study of Redaction, Theology and Canon in Exodus 19 24 (SBL/Scholars Press). Konrad Schmid is Professor of Old Testament at the University of Zurich. He is the author of Buchgestalten des Jeremiabuches. Untersuchungen zur Redaktions- und Rezeptionsgeschichte von Jer 30-33 im Kontext des Buches and Erzvater und Exodus. Untersuchungen zur doppelten Begrundung der Ursprunge Israels in den Geschichtsbuchern des Alten Testaments (both from Neukirchen-Vluyn).

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• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature (July 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589831632
• ISBN-13: 978-1589831636
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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2.0 out of 5 stars instead buy van Seters' The Edited Bible, November 25, 2010

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This review is from: Farewell to the Yahwist?: The Composition of the Pentateuch in Recent European Interpretation (Society of Biblical Literature Symposium Series, 34) (Paperback)

Unfortunately I had read van Seters' The Edited Bible before buying this book. I give this book 2 stars for "negative research", ie reading the principal articles in this book demonstrates the interminable complexity of 'European??' approaches to the history of the OT. van Seters' response (in this book) ends by recommending his own The Edited Bible (published the year after this book) which demonstrates his stellar scholarship, integrity, creativity, and readability. I enjoy the breadth of scholarship (and the quiet humor) in all his books.