Publication

2011 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

134,000 words, Guess

Page Count

536 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

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Classifications

  • DDC221.1/2
  • LCCBS1135 .C37 2011

Description

In The Formation of the Hebrew Bible David Carr rethinks both the methods and historical orientation points for research into the growth of the Hebrew Bible into its present form. Building on his prior work, Writing on the Tablet of the Heart (Oxford, 2005), he explores both the possibilities and limits of reconstruction of pre-stages of the Bible. The method he advocates is a ''methodologically modest'' investigation of those pre-stages, utilizing criteria and models derived from his survey of documented examples of textual revision in the Ancient Near East. The result is a new picture of the formation of the Hebrew Bible, with insights on the initial emergence of Hebrew literary textuality, the development of the first Hexateuch, and the final formation of the Hebrew Bible. -- from publisher description.

Description

David Carr rethinks both the methods and historical orientation points for research into the growth of the Hebrew Bible into its present form.

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