Yahwistic Diversity and the Hebrew Bible: Tracing Perspectives of Group Identity from Judah, Samaria, and the Diaspora in Biblical Traditions
The underlying perspective of the present volume contributes to the recent historical debate on Yahwistic diversity in the Persian and the Hellenistic periods. A broad variety of different Yahwistic (and not necessarily Jewish) groups existed inside and outside Judah during the sixth to first century BCE, for example in Egypt (Elephantine/Jeb and Alexandria), Babylonia (al-Yahudu), Samaria, and Idumea. The main objective of the volume lies in the literary-historical implications of this diversity: How did these groups or their interactions with one another influence the formation of the Hebrew Bible as well as its complex textual transmission? This perspective has not been sufficiently pursued in the more religious and historically oriented research before. The volume comprises thirteen articles by renowned international specialists in the field, which aim at closing this gap in the scholarly discussion.
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Yahwistic Diversity and the Hebrew Bible: Tracing Perspectives of Group Identity from Judah, Samaria, and the Diaspora in Biblical Traditions
The underlying perspective of the present volume contributes to the recent historical debate on Yahwistic diversity in the Persian and the Hellenistic periods. A broad variety of different Yahwistic (and not necessarily Jewish) groups existed inside and outside Judah during the sixth to first century BCE, for example in Egypt (Elephantine/Jeb and Alexandria), Babylonia (al-Yahudu), Samaria, and Idumea. The main objective of the volume lies in the literary-historical implications of this diversity: How did these groups or their interactions with one another influence the formation of the Hebrew Bible as well as its complex textual transmission? This perspective has not been sufficiently pursued in the more religious and historically oriented research before. The volume comprises thirteen articles by renowned international specialists in the field, which aim at closing this gap in the scholarly discussion.
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Yahwistic Diversity and the Hebrew Bible: Tracing Perspectives of Group Identity from Judah, Samaria, and the Diaspora in Biblical Traditions

Yahwistic Diversity and the Hebrew Bible: Tracing Perspectives of Group Identity from Judah, Samaria, and the Diaspora in Biblical Traditions

Yahwistic Diversity and the Hebrew Bible: Tracing Perspectives of Group Identity from Judah, Samaria, and the Diaspora in Biblical Traditions

Yahwistic Diversity and the Hebrew Bible: Tracing Perspectives of Group Identity from Judah, Samaria, and the Diaspora in Biblical Traditions

Overview

The underlying perspective of the present volume contributes to the recent historical debate on Yahwistic diversity in the Persian and the Hellenistic periods. A broad variety of different Yahwistic (and not necessarily Jewish) groups existed inside and outside Judah during the sixth to first century BCE, for example in Egypt (Elephantine/Jeb and Alexandria), Babylonia (al-Yahudu), Samaria, and Idumea. The main objective of the volume lies in the literary-historical implications of this diversity: How did these groups or their interactions with one another influence the formation of the Hebrew Bible as well as its complex textual transmission? This perspective has not been sufficiently pursued in the more religious and historically oriented research before. The volume comprises thirteen articles by renowned international specialists in the field, which aim at closing this gap in the scholarly discussion.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783161583049
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Publication date: 07/01/2020
Series: Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2.Reihe , #120
Pages: 345
Product dimensions: 9.09(w) x 6.06(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Yahwistic Diversity and the Hebrew Bible: State of the Field, Desiderata, and Research Perspectives in a Necessary Debate on the Formative Period of Judaism(s) Benedikt Hensel 1

Part I Perspectives for and from Judah, Samaria, and Diaspora? The Debate within the Pentateuch and Hexateuch

Die Integration der heiligen Orte der Provinz Samaria in das Narrativ des Hexateuch Reinhard Achenbach 47

The Diaspora as a Blessing for the Nations: The Case of Gen 28:14 Konrad Schmid 79

The Question of Israel's Kinship with the Arameans: Rachel and Laban in Gen 31:1-32:1: A Samaritan Contribution? Dany Nocquet 91

Unity and Hierarchy: North and South in the Priestly Traditions Julia Rhyder 109

The Temple within the Book and Its Function: Considerations on the Cultic Concept of the Composition of the Torah Raik Heckl 135

Part II Ongoing Debates - Historical Developments - Intensifying Polemics: Literary-Historical, Text-Historical, Theological, and Historical Aspects of the Formation Processes

Why is the Chosen People Called Israel and Not Judah? Jean Louis Ska 151

'What Have the Macedonians Ever Done for Us?' A Reassessment of the Changes in Samaria by the Start of the Hellenistic Period Hervé Gonzalez / Marc Mendoza 169

Where is the Altar? Scribal Intervention in the Book of Joshua and Beyond Stefan Schorch 231

Shiloh between Shechem and Jerusalem Detlef Jericke 245

The Tension between the Law and the Prophets as a Background to the Formation of the Samaritan Pentateuch Magnar Kartveit 263

Gen 2:2 Reconsidered: Marginal Notes on a Peculiar Variant in Samaritan, Greek, and other Manuscripts Veit Dinkelaker 283

Die Texttraditionen von 2. Könige 17 als Spiegel der Entwicklung des Verhältnisses von Juden und Samaritanern Jonathan Miles Robker 303

List of Contributors 325

Index of Sources 327

Index of Subjects 335

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