The End of the Book of Numbers

On Pentateuchal Models and Compositional Issues
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-16-161856-7
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 311 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 496 g

Reihe: Archaeology and Bible

It has become increasingly clear that Numbers is the litmus test for new ideas relating to the formation of the Pentateuch. At the same time the profusion of ideas has only resulted in a corresponding lack of agreement between scholars. In the present study, Jordan Davis grants significant attention to the geographical references found at the end of the book of Numbers, combining archaeological, historical and literary critical insights, in the attempt to arrive at more "verifiable" results. With a detailed view at the Transjordan conquest traditions (Num 21:21-35; 32; Deut 2:24-3:20*) and the twin legal narratives relating to Zelophehad's daughters (Num 27; 36), the author argues for the historical catalysts underlying these traditions and then points to the ideological motivation behind their redactional expansion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davis, Jordan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Biblische Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Geographie, Landkarten & Atlanten

Über Autor(innen)

Davis, Jordan
Born 1983; 2022 PhD, University of Zurich; currently research assistant, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg.