Dalit M Rom-Shiloni
Tel Aviv University, Biblical Studies, Faculty Member
- Tel Aviv University, Hebrew Culture Studies, Hebrew Bible, Faculty Memberadd
- Inner-Biblical Exegesis, Book of Ezekiel, The book of Jeremiah, Prophetic Literature, Biblical Studies, General Areas of the Development of Social Identity, and 5 moreGroup Memberships and Intergroup Behaviour With Particular Reference to Multiple Group Memberships, Reward Allocation, Intergroup Bias and Prejudice, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and Theologyedit
- Dalit Rom-Shiloni is a Professor at the Department of Biblical Studies in TAU, and the Founding Director of the "Orit... moreDalit Rom-Shiloni is a Professor at the Department of Biblical Studies in TAU, and the Founding Director of the "Orit Guardians" MA program for the study and research of the Beta Israel Ethiopian Scriptures. She specializes in three major fields: (1) JUDEAN THEOLOGY AND IDEOLOGY OF THE SIXTH CENTURY BCE, specifically concepts of God in times of national crisis, ideologies of war, and internal ideological conflicts of identity within the Judean communities of the Neo-Babylonian and the early Persian periods.(2) INNER-BIBLICAL ALLUSION AND EXEGESIS IN PROPHETIC LITERATURE, mainly in Jeremiah and Ezekiel, with specfc emphasis on pentateuchal traditions of Priestly and Holiness Legislation materials in Jeremiah.(3) LANDSCAPE AND NATURE IMAGERY IN THE BIBLE, leader of the DNI Bible project (Dictionary of Nature Imagery of the Bible, http://dni.tau.ac.il/).edit
Where was God in the sixth-century destruction of Jerusalem? The Hebrew Bible compositions written during and around the sixth century BCE provide an illuminating glimpse into how ancient Judeans reconciled the major qualities of God—as... more
Where was God in the sixth-century destruction of Jerusalem? The Hebrew Bible compositions written during and around the sixth century BCE provide an illuminating glimpse into how ancient Judeans reconciled the major qualities of God—as Lord, fierce warrior, and often harsh rather than compassionate judge—with the suffering they were experiencing at the hands of the Neo-Babylonian empire, which had brutally destroyed Judah and deported its people. Voices from the Ruins examines the biblical texts “explicitly and directly contextualized by those catastrophic events”—Kings, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Lamentations, and selected Psalms—to trace the rich, diverse, and often-polemicized discourse over theodicy unfolding therein. Dalit Rom-Shiloni shows how the “voices from the ruins” in these texts variously justified God in the face of the rampant destruction, expressed doubt, and protested God’s action (and inaction).
Rather than trying to paper over the stark theological differences between the writings of these sixth-century historiographers, prophets, and poets, Rom-Shiloni emphasizes the dynamic of theological pluralism as a genuine characteristic of the Hebrew Bible. Through these avenues, and with her careful, discerning textual analysis, she provides readers with insight into how the sufferers of an ancient national catastrophe wrestled with the difficult question that has accompanied tragedies throughout history: Where was God?
Rather than trying to paper over the stark theological differences between the writings of these sixth-century historiographers, prophets, and poets, Rom-Shiloni emphasizes the dynamic of theological pluralism as a genuine characteristic of the Hebrew Bible. Through these avenues, and with her careful, discerning textual analysis, she provides readers with insight into how the sufferers of an ancient national catastrophe wrestled with the difficult question that has accompanied tragedies throughout history: Where was God?
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This article traces two significant issues in the polemic among prophets in the book of Jeremiah: the role of theology in their struggle with political events and the polemics in effort to establish authority. It is argued, first, that... more
This article traces two significant issues in the polemic among prophets in the book of Jeremiah: the role of theology in their struggle with political events and the polemics in effort to establish authority. It is argued, first, that there are significant theological distinctions between the prophets on the concept of war and on the roles played by God and by humans in victory and in defeat. Second, the struggle over their sources of authority motivated a genuine transformation within prophetic activity (oral and written) that seems to have occurred by the late seventh- and early sixth century BCE.
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Preface Abbreviations 1. Introduction Part I : Persian Period Ideologies of Exclusivity (Post 538 to Fifth Century BCE) 2. Ezra-Nehemiah 3. Zechariah (1-8) and Haggai: The Restoration Prophets. 4. 'The People of the Land',... more
Preface Abbreviations 1. Introduction Part I : Persian Period Ideologies of Exclusivity (Post 538 to Fifth Century BCE) 2. Ezra-Nehemiah 3. Zechariah (1-8) and Haggai: The Restoration Prophets. 4. 'The People of the Land', 'All the Remnant of the People', 'The People that Remained': Relative Designations of Exclusivity - Core and Periphery 5. Deutero-Isaiah: From Babylon to Jerusalem Part II: Neo-Babylonian Exclusionary Strategies (Early Sixth Century to Circa 520 BCE) 6. Ezekiel and his Book: Homogeneity of Exilic Perspectives 7. Jeremiah and his Book: Two Antagonistic Perspectives 8. Summary and Conclusions Bibliography of Works Cited Index of References Index of Authors
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Summary The publication of the Al-Yahūdu Documents (2014) has been rightly celebrated worldwide by scholars of various fields of interest. The present paper focuses on four issues, as seen from the viewpoint of a Hebrew Bible scholar: The... more
Summary The publication of the Al-Yahūdu Documents (2014) has been rightly celebrated worldwide by scholars of various fields of interest. The present paper focuses on four issues, as seen from the viewpoint of a Hebrew Bible scholar: The first concerns the Neo-Babylonian evidence; the second touches on the question of core and periphery; and the third looks at challenges presented by these materials to ideas about the acculturation of the exiles. Finally, the study raises the broader issue of the untold stories we hear by “listening” to this epigraphic data together with or over against the Hebrew Bible compositions by the Babylonian exiles.
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The topic of this article seems to require at the outset some words on the contexts, personal and academic, in which I am situating my study of Hebrew Bible Theology ðHBTÞ. To begin with, I am a Jewish, Israeli, nonreligious Hebrew Bible... more
The topic of this article seems to require at the outset some words on the contexts, personal and academic, in which I am situating my study of Hebrew Bible Theology ðHBTÞ. To begin with, I am a Jewish, Israeli, nonreligious Hebrew Bible ðHBÞ scholar. I would define my critical work in two ways. To state what I am not—I am not a “theologian” ðnor a rabbiÞ, but an intrigued scholar, fascinated by the religious thought-world of HB authors. My main interest in HB studies is in conceptions of God in times of nationalð-collectiveÞ crisis, when fundamental, shared ideas collapsed andneeded to be challenged. I have dealt with different aspects of this topic in my 2009 study ðin HebrewÞ, God in Times of Destruction and Exiles: Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) Theology. In the course of that previous project and constantly since, I have become more cognizant of and also frustrated, as a Jewish scholar, by the seeming inadequacy of the terminology and categories that are the traditional organizational tools of biblical theology. This has led me toward my present ðand nearly completedÞ study ðin EnglishÞ, Theodical Discourse: Justification, Doubt, and Protest in Face of Destruction, and to the questions raised in this article. Within this trajectory of inquiry, it has seemed both natural, and appropriate to the material, to conceive of HBT as a descriptive study of the talk to and about God in the various documents that comprise the HB, asking simply: What did they ði.e., ancient authors and the others they quotedÞ say about their God?
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This paper illustrates the complexity and great challenges provoked by a theological study of the book of Jeremiah by discussing a cluster of topics concerning anthropomorphism and divine presence, two major issues in Jeremiah. Two... more
This paper illustrates the complexity and great challenges provoked by a theological study of the book of Jeremiah by discussing a cluster of topics concerning anthropomorphism and divine presence, two major issues in Jeremiah. Two questions lead the discussion: Can Jeremiah be evaluated as the prophet who promoted a “spiritual metamorphosis” in the Judean (Israelite) religion of his (or the book’s) times, as suggested by Moshe Weinfeld? How might a descriptive Hebrew Bible theology portray this prophet’s (and his book’s) contribution to Israelite religion of the sixth century BCE?
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This chapter is aimed at examining the literary evidence within the book of Ezekiel and in Neo-Babylonian sources that may shed light on the temporal, geographical, and cultural aspects of this prophetic book—information that scholars... more
This chapter is aimed at examining the literary evidence within the book of Ezekiel and in Neo-Babylonian sources that may shed light on the temporal, geographical, and cultural aspects of this prophetic book—information that scholars often bring to either corroborate or refute the surface narrative of Ezekiel, that of the prophet active among the Jehoiachin-Judean exiles in Babylonia. The discussion leads to even more complex questions concerning two aspects of the sociology of exile. First, as regards relations with outsiders, what does the book tell us about the Judean deportees’ familiarity with and acculturation to the host society (and possibly with other neighboring groups of deportees)?; and second, what does the book tell us about interactions between the Jehoiachin exiles and those who remained in Judah after the Jehoiachin deportation in 597? In addition, the study presents a concise theology of exile, seen in terms of the significant theological contributions that Ezekiel (and his followers) may be credited with in formulating, or in re- formulating, the Judahite religion in the face of destruction and exile. This chapter argues that, while avoiding references to daily life in Babylonia, but at the same time revealing a high level of familiarity with Babylonian culture and ideas, the book of Ezekiel speaks to the Jehoiachin-Judean exiles through terminology, theological themes, and ideological content rooted in Yahwistic/Judahite religious traditions. The combination of Babylonian conceptions and Judahite ideology locates the prophet and his book firmly among the Babylonian exilic community of the early sixth century BCE.
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This chapter recognizes that exile in Isaiah remains one of the great riddles of this prophetic collection. Although the book, in its various units and as a whole, “lived through” experiences of deportation and return, it leaves readers... more
This chapter recognizes that exile in Isaiah remains one of the great riddles of this prophetic collection. Although the book, in its various units and as a whole, “lived through” experiences of deportation and return, it leaves readers with only fragmentary information about one of the most influential phenomena of imperial policy to affect Israel, Judah, and the entire ancient Near East of the first millennium BCE. The chapter brings together all the information we have on exile and possible exilic setting(s) in Isaiah, and discusses exile through two of its components—deportation and return. Each component is discussed under seven headings. This mapping of exile leads to additional discussion of the exilic setting(s), that is, the geography and sociology, of Isa 40–66, and of the use of metaphors of exile and of exile as metaphor.
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Although phrased in semi-legal apodictic style, the Decalogue is not a legal code per se but more of a covenant document, which defines the borders of affiliation between the Israelite people and their God. The following discussion... more
Although phrased in semi-legal apodictic style, the Decalogue is not a legal code per se but more of a covenant document, which defines the borders of affiliation between the Israelite people and their God. The following discussion highlights the significance and uniqueness of the Decalogue, surveys the different methodological approaches to its study, and focuses on but two major angles within the broad study of the Decalogue, the theological and ideological scope of the first five commandments, and the place the Decalogue captures within the biblical corpus from the very first stages of the history of its reception.
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The prolific study of prophets and prophetic literature has produced several influential scholarly paradigms over the nineteenth, twentieth, and now twenty-first centuries. This article calls attention to two of the paradigms that have... more
The prolific study of prophets and prophetic literature has produced several influential scholarly paradigms over the nineteenth, twentieth, and now twenty-first centuries. This article calls attention to two of the paradigms that have shaped our scholarly mindsets—literary criticism and redaction criticism—and asks: What stands behind the different treatments of Jeremiah and Ezekiel, the prophets and their books, offered in these strands of biblical scholarship? The discussion raises challenges to these paradigms concerning three topics: prophets as personae (historical or literary), prophetic activity within the societies of Israel and Judah, and the literary evolution of prophetic literature.
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This paper serves as a threefold response to four highly interesting studies published in the recent HeBAI 7,3 issue on "Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Social Scientific Study of Involuntary Migration" co-edited by C.L. Crouch and C.A. Strine... more
This paper serves as a threefold response to four highly interesting studies published in the recent HeBAI 7,3 issue on "Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Social Scientific Study of Involuntary Migration" co-edited by C.L. Crouch and C.A. Strine .In the response, I, first, count the valuable gains of each paper in employing diverse sociological and psychological methodologies to the study of Jeremiah and Ezekiel. Second, following Strine’s call to “disarticulate the experience of exile,” I suggest eight points that to a different extent are addressed in biblical sources concerning dislocation and relocation. To the great benefit of this collection, except for one point over gapped in the Hebrew Bible itself, these studies have addressed all eight points. Finally, the response raises some methodological challenges for further scholarly consideration, asking to what an extent could different social-scientific methodologies serve us, biblical scholars, to reconstruct the long list of lacunae in our literary sources concerning different experiences of forced-migration and relocation by the early sixth century BCE? As each of the papers addressed issues that the biblical sources at hand and even extrabiblical sources barely reveal, I argue that as tempting and appealing as the modern analogies are, the lines between plausible social reconstruction, literary complexity, and imagined realities at times bring us beyond what I would judge to be the legitimate range of our interpretive imaginations.
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This article discusses two case studies that raise preliminary questions concerning the possible influences of Jeremiah and Ezekiel on the prophetic books of the Persian period and vice versa. The first case study concerns the notion of... more
This article discusses two case studies that raise preliminary questions concerning the possible influences of Jeremiah and Ezekiel on the prophetic books of the Persian period and vice versa. The first case study concerns the notion of the “empty land.” Does this literary trope represent history, myth, or a reformulated theological conception? Should or could it, therefore, serve at all as a criterion for Persian-period intrusions into earlier contexts of prophecy? The second calls attention to the function of allusion and exegesis in Persian-period prophecy, asking if the presence of such techniques is a sign of the decline of prophecy.
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This article traces two significant issues in the polemic among prophets in the book of Jeremiah: the role of theology in their struggle with political events and the polemics in effort to establish authority. It is argued, first, that... more
This article traces two significant issues in the polemic among prophets in the book of Jeremiah: the role of theology in their struggle with political events and the polemics in effort to establish authority. It is argued, first, that there are significant theological distinctions between the prophets on the concept of war and on the roles played by God and by humans in victory and in defeat. Second, the struggle over their sources of authority motivated a genuine transformation within prophetic activity (oral and written) that seems to have occurred by the late seventh- and early sixth century BCE.
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This paper examines the much used term theodicy and the less frequent discussion of protest and their inter-relationships, challenging their application to Hebrew Bible texts that reflect on the sixth century catastrophes of destruction... more
This paper examines the much used term theodicy and the less frequent discussion of protest and their inter-relationships, challenging their application to Hebrew Bible texts that reflect on the sixth century catastrophes of destruction and exiles. A study of Jeremiah 21:1–7 and Lamentations 2 illustrates the limitations of traditional theodicy for understanding the issues raised in these passages. As a Christian theological concept (from Leibnitz, 1710 to the present), “theodicy” does not seem to account for the diversity suggested by Hebrew Bible texts. Thus, a re-conception of the theological negotiation is suggested to encompass doubt and protest as well as justification of God in a unified “theodical discourse.”
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The paper gives a first look into the DNI Bible, the Dictionary of Nature Imagery of the Bible -- a dynamic, multi-disciplinary, comprehensive online encyclopaedia (dni.tau.ac.il) in the writing. The vision, the goals, the structure and... more
The paper gives a first look into the DNI Bible, the Dictionary of Nature Imagery of the Bible -- a dynamic, multi-disciplinary, comprehensive online encyclopaedia (dni.tau.ac.il) in the writing. The vision, the goals, the structure and some of the new venues planned.
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Attention to inner-biblical allusion and exegesis in Jeremiah and Ezekiel has revealed a growing number of examples of prophetic utilizations of pentateuchal literary and legal traditions. Yet scholars tend to explain this phenomenon of... more
Attention to inner-biblical allusion and exegesis in Jeremiah and Ezekiel has revealed a growing number of examples of prophetic utilizations of pentateuchal literary and legal traditions. Yet scholars tend to explain this phenomenon of intertextuality differently for the two books. This study draws attention to an almost neglected phenomenon, the utilization of Priestly materials in interpretive ways within poetic and prose passages in the book of Jeremiah. When seen against the broader scope of the forest—that is, the more general use of pentateuchal materials within Jeremiah and Ezekiel, what might have been explained as isolated additions may be recognized as a deliberate compositional technique, utilized by both prophets and their followers (tradents or editors) alike. Therefore, references to pentateuchal traditions cannot serve as distinguishing criteria for redaction criticism. The paper closes by suggesting a different paradigm for understanding the place of those literary references within the prophetic activity of the late seventh and early sixth centuries, and thereafter in the prophetic literature.
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The publication of the Al-Yahūdu Documents (2014) has been rightly celebrated worldwide by scholars of various fields of interest. The present paper focuses on four issues, as seen from the viewpoint of a Hebrew Bible scholar: The first... more
The publication of the Al-Yahūdu Documents (2014) has been rightly celebrated worldwide by scholars of various fields of interest. The present paper focuses on four issues, as seen from the viewpoint of a Hebrew Bible scholar: The first concerns the Neo-Babylonian evidence; the second touches on the question of core and periphery; and the third looks at challenges presented by these materials to ideas about the acculturation of the exiles. Finally, the study raises the broader issue of the untold stories we hear by “listening” to this epigraphic data together with or over against the Hebrew Bible compositions by the Babylonian exiles.
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This paper brings the voice of a Jewish, Israeli, nonreligious Hebrew Bible (HB) scholar writing on Hebrew Bible Theology. Two topics are raised: First, a debate current among Jewish HB scholars, which focuses on the borders of the corpus... more
This paper brings the voice of a Jewish, Israeli, nonreligious Hebrew Bible (HB) scholar writing on Hebrew Bible Theology. Two topics are raised: First, a debate current among Jewish HB scholars, which focuses on the borders of the corpus for HB
Theology and the question of the relationship between the HB and later literatures. Second, a challenge to both Christian and Jewish theologians and scholars of the HB concerning the terminology we use. The paper closes with a suggestion for a
Jewish—that is, non-Christian—HB Theology that consists of a descriptive discussion of the talk to and about God.
Theology and the question of the relationship between the HB and later literatures. Second, a challenge to both Christian and Jewish theologians and scholars of the HB concerning the terminology we use. The paper closes with a suggestion for a
Jewish—that is, non-Christian—HB Theology that consists of a descriptive discussion of the talk to and about God.
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This paper proceeds in three stages, and sets three goals. First, through the careful study of one prose passage in Jeremiah (11:1-14), I aim to complicate our sometimes simplistic perception of the use of Deuteronomic expressions in... more
This paper proceeds in three stages, and sets three goals. First, through the careful study of one prose passage in Jeremiah (11:1-14), I aim to complicate our sometimes simplistic perception of the use of Deuteronomic expressions in Jeremiah. One crucial
phrase clearly draws on Priestly style and covenant conceptions, and is repeated in another four prose prophecies within the book (Jer 7:21-28 [22]; 11:1-14 [4, 7]; 31:31-34 [32]; 34:8-22 [13]). Thus, the second goal of this paper is to consider this (Priestly)
phrase’s contribution to Jeremiah’s conception of covenant. Third, the proximity of both Deuteronomic and Priestly pentateuchal materials in a single prophetic context moves us beyond questions of authorship to literary strategies of allusion to and exegesis of both Deuteronomic and Priestly pentateuchal materials within the prophecy. The tendency within the book to harmonize diverse pentateuchal traditions has far-reaching
implications for the study of both Jeremiah and the Pentateuch.
phrase clearly draws on Priestly style and covenant conceptions, and is repeated in another four prose prophecies within the book (Jer 7:21-28 [22]; 11:1-14 [4, 7]; 31:31-34 [32]; 34:8-22 [13]). Thus, the second goal of this paper is to consider this (Priestly)
phrase’s contribution to Jeremiah’s conception of covenant. Third, the proximity of both Deuteronomic and Priestly pentateuchal materials in a single prophetic context moves us beyond questions of authorship to literary strategies of allusion to and exegesis of both Deuteronomic and Priestly pentateuchal materials within the prophecy. The tendency within the book to harmonize diverse pentateuchal traditions has far-reaching
implications for the study of both Jeremiah and the Pentateuch.
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The goal of this study is to present the intrinsic role of the literary allusions to pentateuchal Priestly and Deuteronomic traditions in this prophecy, to acknowledge the variety of sources evoked, and to suggest a specific allusion to a... more
The goal of this study is to present the intrinsic role
of the literary allusions to pentateuchal Priestly and Deuteronomic traditions in this prophecy, to acknowledge the variety of sources evoked, and to suggest a specific allusion to a Priestly legal tradition (or even text) that seems to give
Jeremiah’s prophecy special force. Three markers point to the sôṭâ trial of Num 5:11–31 as the evoked legal tradition (or text). Focusing on one specific poetic passage, commonly taken as “Jeremianic,” a portion of the prophet’s words in his early career, the article calls attention to Priestly allusions in Jeremiah and raises some of the intriguing questions about Jeremiah’s acquaintance with Priestly materials, questions that should be addressed in the study of both the prophetic literature of Jeremiah and in pentateuchal studies.
of the literary allusions to pentateuchal Priestly and Deuteronomic traditions in this prophecy, to acknowledge the variety of sources evoked, and to suggest a specific allusion to a Priestly legal tradition (or even text) that seems to give
Jeremiah’s prophecy special force. Three markers point to the sôṭâ trial of Num 5:11–31 as the evoked legal tradition (or text). Focusing on one specific poetic passage, commonly taken as “Jeremianic,” a portion of the prophet’s words in his early career, the article calls attention to Priestly allusions in Jeremiah and raises some of the intriguing questions about Jeremiah’s acquaintance with Priestly materials, questions that should be addressed in the study of both the prophetic literature of Jeremiah and in pentateuchal studies.
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The Mishnah in tractate Yoma describes the work of the High Priest on Yom Kippur. As a part of the portrayal of the incense offering, the properties of the incense used on Yom Kippur are described as different from those of the incense... more
The Mishnah in tractate Yoma describes the work of the High Priest on Yom Kippur. As a part of the portrayal of the incense offering, the properties of the incense used on Yom Kippur are described as different from those of the incense burnt the rest of the year round. ...
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The Question of theodicy is one of the central topics of monotheistic religions. ... The contributions to the present volume by Jewish and Christian scholars from Israel and Germany -- from the departments of Biblical Studies and Jewish... more
The Question of theodicy is one of the central topics of monotheistic religions. ... The contributions to the present volume by Jewish and Christian scholars from Israel and Germany -- from the departments of Biblical Studies and Jewish Philosophy at Tel Aviv University and the Protestant and Catholic Faculties of Theology at Ruhr-Universität Bochum -- show how Judaism and Christianity have dealt with this problem over the centuries. In this context, it becomes clear that in both religions human protest plays a special role.
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This issue of WdO holds four papers by Shawn Z. Aster, Dale Launderville, Jonathan Stökl and Christopher Uehlinger, followed by two responses by Martti Nissinen and Madhavi Nevadar. The editors' Introduction to the entire collection is... more
This issue of WdO holds four papers by Shawn Z. Aster, Dale Launderville, Jonathan Stökl and Christopher Uehlinger, followed by two responses by Martti Nissinen and Madhavi Nevadar. The editors' Introduction to the entire collection is attached.
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The Pentateuch lies at the heart of the Western humanities. Yet despite nearly two centuries of scholarship, its historical origins and its literary history are still a subject of intense discussion. Critical scholarship has isolated... more
The Pentateuch lies at the heart of the Western humanities. Yet despite nearly two centuries of scholarship, its historical origins and its literary history are still a subject of intense discussion. Critical scholarship has isolated multiple layers of tradition, inconsistent laws, and narratives that could only have originated from separate communities within ancient Israel, and were joined together at a relatively late stage by a process of splicing and editing.
Recent developments in academic biblical studies, however, jeopardize the revolutionary progress that has been accomplished over the last two centuries. The past forty years of scholarship have witnessed not simply a proliferation of intellectual models, but the fragmentation of discourse within the three main research centers of Europe, Israel, and North America. Even when they employ the same terminology (redactor, author, source, exegesis), scholars often mean quite different things. Concepts taken for granted by one group of scholars (such as the existence of the Elohist source) are dismissed out of hand by other scholarly communities.
In effect, independent and sometimes competing scholarly discourses have emerged in Europe, Israel, and North America. Each centers on the Pentateuch, each operates with its own set of working assumptions, and each is confident of its own claims. This volume seeks to stimulate international discussion about the Pentateuch in order to help the discipline move toward a set of shared assumptions and a common discourse. With the wide range of perspectives examined, this publication is an invaluable resource for subsequent research.
Keywords: pentateuchal theory, source criticism, historical linguistics, dating, historical geography, 4Q158, Dead Sea Scrolls, inner biblical exegesis, Torah, Prophets, allusion
Recent developments in academic biblical studies, however, jeopardize the revolutionary progress that has been accomplished over the last two centuries. The past forty years of scholarship have witnessed not simply a proliferation of intellectual models, but the fragmentation of discourse within the three main research centers of Europe, Israel, and North America. Even when they employ the same terminology (redactor, author, source, exegesis), scholars often mean quite different things. Concepts taken for granted by one group of scholars (such as the existence of the Elohist source) are dismissed out of hand by other scholarly communities.
In effect, independent and sometimes competing scholarly discourses have emerged in Europe, Israel, and North America. Each centers on the Pentateuch, each operates with its own set of working assumptions, and each is confident of its own claims. This volume seeks to stimulate international discussion about the Pentateuch in order to help the discipline move toward a set of shared assumptions and a common discourse. With the wide range of perspectives examined, this publication is an invaluable resource for subsequent research.
Keywords: pentateuchal theory, source criticism, historical linguistics, dating, historical geography, 4Q158, Dead Sea Scrolls, inner biblical exegesis, Torah, Prophets, allusion
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Exclusivity and Inclusivity in Post-Monarchic Society and Literature: A Conversation on Dalit Rom-Shiloni’s Exclusive Inclusivity: Identity Conflicts Exclusivity and Inclusivity in Post-Monarchic Society and Literature: A Conversation on... more
Exclusivity and Inclusivity in Post-Monarchic Society and Literature: A Conversation on Dalit Rom-Shiloni’s Exclusive Inclusivity: Identity Conflicts Exclusivity and Inclusivity in Post-Monarchic Society and Literature: A Conversation on Dalit Rom-Shiloni’s Exclusive Inclusivity: Identity Conflicts between the Exiles and the People Who Remained (6th–5th Centuries BCE)
Edited by Mark Leuchter, JHS 2018.v.18.a1
This recent JHS issue brings six reviews of the above mentioned monograph authored by Mark J. Boda, John Kessler, Marvin A. Sweeney, Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, Mark Leuchter and Andrew Mein, with Dalit Rom-Shiloni's response. These are the written adapted and expanded versions of the papers presented in a review session at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature.
Edited by Mark Leuchter, JHS 2018.v.18.a1
This recent JHS issue brings six reviews of the above mentioned monograph authored by Mark J. Boda, John Kessler, Marvin A. Sweeney, Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, Mark Leuchter and Andrew Mein, with Dalit Rom-Shiloni's response. These are the written adapted and expanded versions of the papers presented in a review session at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature.