Weinfeld, M.

place of the law in the religion of ancient Israel. - 1 online resource (176 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART ONE: A REVISION OF WELLHAUSEN'S PROLEGOMENA -- 1. The Basic Prejudice of the Prolegomena -- 2. Wellhausen's Literary Criticism and Its Fallacy -- 3. Social and Cultic Institutions in the Priestly Source Against Their Ancient Near Eastern Background -- 4. Wellhausen in Light of his Contemporaries -- PART TWO: THEOLOGICAL FEATURES IN THE PENTATEUCH -- 5. Theological Currents in Pentateuchal Literature -- 6. God the Creator in the Priestly Source and Deutero-Isaiah -- Appendix: Concerning the Sabbath and Circumcision in P -- Bibliography -- Indices -- AKKADIAN -- EGYPTIAN -- GREEK -- HEBREW -- HITTITE -- HURRIAN -- SUMERIAN -- UGARITIC -- Index of Authors -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

Over a hundred years ago, Wellhausen attempted to prove that the Priestly legal sections of the Pentateuch reflect postexilic Judaism and must be considered a deviation from the prophetic religion preceding it. In this study, Weinfeld points out the fallacies in Wellhausen's thesis, making a case for the antiquity of the Priestly Code. Particular a.

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Bible. -- O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Jews -- History -- To 70 A.D.
Judaism -- History -- To 70 A.D.
P document (Biblical criticism).
Wellhausen, Julius, -- 1844-1918. -- Prolegomena zur Geschichte Israels.


Electronic books.

DS121.W453 -- W45 2004eb

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