is to rethink historical criticism in the light of the literary turn.”[99] Recall our quote from Hahn above, who insists that before any historical reconstruction of the history of Israel’s religion can take place, ‘the problem of defining the textual limits and the special characteristics of the underlying sources must be solved’. The literary turn throws a huge spanner in the works of historical criticism precisely at this point, and the implications have yet to be fully explored. Thus the two