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Watts, James W.

Understanding the Pentateuch as a Scripture

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A cutting-edge scholarly review of how the Pentateuch functions as a scripture, and how it came to be ritualized in this way.

Understanding the Pentateuch as a Scripture is a unique account of the first five books of the Bible, describing how Jews and Christians ritualize the Pentateuch as a scripture by interpreting it, by performing its text and contents, and by venerating the physical scroll and book.

Pentateuchal studies are known for intense focus on questions of how and when the first five books of the Bible were composed, edited, and canonized as scripture. Rather than such purely historical, literary, or theological approaches, Hebrew Bible scholar James W. Watts organizes this description of the Pentateuch from the perspectives of comparative scriptures and religious studies. He describes how the Pentateuch has been used in the centuries since it began to function as a scripture in the time of Ezra, and the origins of its ritualization before that time. The book:

  • Analyzes the semantic contents of the Pentateuch as oral rhetoric that takes the form of stories followed by lists of laws and sanctions
  • Gives equal space to its ritualization in the iconic and performative dimensions as to its semantic interpretation
  • Fully integrates the cultural history of the Pentateuch and Bible with its influence on Jewish and Christian ritual, and in art, music, theatre, and film

Understanding the Pentateuch as a Scripture is a groundbreaking work that highlights new research data and organizes the material to focus attention on the Pentateuch’s—and Bible’s— function as a scripture.

Nyckelord: Pentateuch and other scriptures; history of the Pentateuch; Ezra and Pentateuch; research on Pentateuch; new information about the Pentateuch; structure of Pentateuch; scholarly look at Pentateuch; the ritualization of the Pentateuch; theories about the Pentateuch; data about the Pentateuch; comparative scriptures and the Pentateuch; innovations about the Pentateuch; original theories about the Pentateuch; Pentateuchs function as a scripture; Pentateuch and laws; Pentateuch news ways of thinking; Pentateuch and cultural history

Författare
Utgivare
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Utgivningsår
2017
Språk
en
Utgåva
1
Sidantal
328 sidor
Kategori
Religioner
Format
E-bok
eISBN (ePUB)
9781118786383
Tryckt ISBN
9781405196383

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