Reading the Fractures of Genesis Historical and Literary Approaches

Name: Reading the Fractures of Genesis Historical and Literary Approaches
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ISBN: 9780664220716

ISBN-10: 0664220711

ISBN-13: 9780664220716

Edition: 1996

Authors: David M. Carr

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Book details

List price: $44.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 424
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Preface



Introduction



The Importance of the Study of Genesis's Formation



Methodology in Reconstruction of Transmission History



The First Step Backward: Identification of Priestly Material in Genesis



Competing Models for P



P from Creation to Flood (Genesis 1:1-9:17)



P in the Rest of Genesis (Genesis 9:18-50:26)


Excursus: The Priestly Table of Nations in Genesis 10



Concluding Reflections on the Priestly Material: Scope, Models, Structure, and Context


Excursus: P in the Moses Story



Probing Further Back: Transformations of Meaning in the Non-P Material



Competing Models for the Development of the Non-P Materials



Reinforcing the Promise: The Late Revision of the Non-P Materials



Constructing the Promise: The Proto-Genesis Composition


Excursus: The Moses Story



The Earliest Reconstructible Precursors to Genesis: The Preexilic Primeval History and the Jacob-Joseph Materials



The Transmission History of the Non-P Materials: The Case for a Simpler Complexity



Moving Forward



Reading the Fractures


Abbreviations


Appendix: A Model of Transmission History


Bibliography


Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Sources


Index of Authors


Index of Subjects