Mattison Rewriting and Revision as Amendment in the Laws of Deuteronomy

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-16-156361-4
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 100, 219 Seiten, Format (B × H): 1550 mm x 2320 mm

Reihe: Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2. Reihe

In this study, Kevin Mattison examines Deuteronomy's reworking of existing legal texts, arguing that Deuteronomy was designed to amend its main legal source, the Covenant Code (Exod 20:22-23:19). The model of amendment draws on existing models of replacement and supplementation in order to provide a more complete explanation of Deuteronomy's rewriting of the Covenant Code, which is characterized by a combination of presupposition, complementation, and contradiction. Internal revisions within the growing text of Deuteronomy exhibit a similar combination of these three factors. Deuteronomy's authors sought to amend the Covenant Code even as they continued to amend their own growing text. The author draws examples from laws governing sacrifice and slaughter (Deut 12:1-28), tithes and firstlings (Deut 14:22-29; 15:19-23; 26:12-15), and manslaughter and asylum (Deut 19:1-13).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mattison, Kevin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Mattison, Kevin
Born 1985; PhD in Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies (Hebrew Bible) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; 2018 Lecturer of Hebrew Bible at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.