Deuteronomistic Historiography in Recent Research
edited by
Albert de Pury, Thomas Römer & Jean-Daniel Macchi
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 306
Original French Title—Israël construit son histoire.
L’historiographie deutéronomiste à la lumière
des recherches récentes
(Le Monde de la Bible, 34; Geneva: Labor et Fides, 1996)
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ISBN 1-84127-099-7
Thomas Römer and Albert de Pury
Deuteronomistic Historiography (DH): History of Research and Debated Issues
Sara Japhet
Postexilic Historiography: How and Why?
Marcel Detienne
A Debate on Comparative Historicities
Jean-Jacques Glassner
Historical Times in Mesopotamia
Textual Criticism and Literary Criticism
Adrian Schenker
Jeroboam and the Division of the Kingdom in the Ancient Septuagint: lxx 3 Kingdoms 12:24 a–z, mt 1 Kings 11–12; 14 and the Deuteronomistic History
2 Samuel 5–8 and the Deuteronomist: Textual Criticism or Literary Criticism?
Diachronic and Synchronic Methods
Steven L. McKenzie
Walter Dietrich
Françoise Smyth
The Sources of Deuteronomistic Historiography
Jacques Briend
The Sources of the Deuteronomic History: Research on Joshua 1–12
The Milieus of the Deuteronomists
Ernst Axel Knauf
Does ‘Deuteronomistic Historiography’ (DH) Exist?
Thomas Römer
Is There a Deuteronomistic Redaction in the Book of Jeremiah?
Deuteronomistic Ideology and Theology of the Old Testament
Martin Rose
Deuteronomistic Ideology and Theology of the Old Testament
Andrew D.H. Mayes
Deuteronomistic Ideology and the Theology of the Old Testament
Foreword*
When the time came for those teaching Old Testament in the Universities of Fribourg, Neuchatel, Lausanne and Geneva to choose the theme for the doctoral level seminar that they were in charge of setting up for 1995, the subjects that interested each of them were very diverse. After a quick survey, without much hesitation and by common consent it was decided to tackle a central problem in Old Testament research, ‘Deuteronomistic Historiography’. Right there, it seemed to us, was situated one of the ‘frontiers’ in research at the present time, and stemming from this project we could hope for a breakthrough not only towards a new chronology relative ...
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About Israel Constructs Its History: Deuteronomistic Historiography in Recent ResearchThe thesis that the books of Deuteronomy to 2 Kings have undergone a redaction that made them into a Deuteronomistic History has become a widely accepted idea in Old Testament scholarship since Martin Noth proposed it in 1943. But there is no consensus when this history was edited: under Josiah (622 BCE), during the exile (c. 560 BCE) or even later? And what was the intention of its redactors? Can we rely on the so-called Deuteronomistic History for the reconstruction of Israelite history? Or should we give up the thesis of a Deuteronomic redaction of the Former Prophets? This volume explores these and many other questions about this key topic in Old Testament scholarship. It results from a research seminar organized by the Swiss universities of Fribourg, Geneva, Neuchtel and Lausanne. It contains contributions by the following scholars: R. Albertz, J. Briend, M. Detienne, W. Dietrich, J.J. Glassner, S. Japhet, E.A. Knauf, A.D.H. Mayes, S.L. McKenzie, S. Pisano, M. Rose, A. Schenker, F. Smyth, A. de Pury and T. Romer. Articles in French were translated by J. Edward Crowley. |
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