Book-Seams in the Hexateuch I

Christoph Berner (Herausgegeben von) Born 1976; 2006 Dr. theol. in Jewish Studies/New Testament, University of Göttingen; professor of Old Testament at the University of Kiel.Harald Samuel (Herausgegeben von) Born 1979; 2014 Dr. theol. in Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, University of Göttingen; 2020 Habilitation; Senior Lecturer in Hebrew and Hebrew Bible at Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen.

• Part I: The Literary Transition between the Books of Genesis and Exodus1. Material EvidenceChristoph Berner: The Attestation of the Book-Seam in the Early Textual Witnesses and its Literary-Historical Implications2. Literary-Historical Approaches2.1. History of ResearchKonrad Schmid: The Sources of the Pentateuch, Their Literary Extent and the Bridge between Genesis and Exodus: A Survey of Scholarship since Astruc2.2. Contemporary ApproachesJoel S. Baden: The Lack of Transition between Genesis 50 and Exodus 1 - Jan Christian Gertz: The Relative Independence of the Books of Genesis and Exodus - Reinhard Müller: Response to Joel S. Baden and Jan Christian Gertz3. The Larger Context3.1. The Literary Place of the Joseph StoryDavid M. Carr: Joseph Between Ancestors and Exodus: A Gradual Process of Connection - Franziska Ede: The Literary Development of the Joseph Story - Bernd U. Schipper: Genesis 37-50 and the Model of a Gradual Extension: A Response to David M. Carr and Franziska Ede3.2. Exodus Material in the Book of Genesis and Genesis Material in the Book of ExodusDetlef Jericke: Exodus Material in the Book of Genesis - Wolfgang Oswald: Genesis Material in the Book of Exodus: Explicit Back References - Hans-Christoph Schmitt: Parallel Narrative Patterns between Exodus 1-14* and the Ancestral Stories in Genesis 24* and 29-31*Part II: The Literary Transition between the Books of Joshua and Judges1. Material EvidenceHarald Samuel: The Attestation of the Book-Seam in the Early Textual Witnesses and its Literary-Historical Implications2. Literary-Historical Approaches2.1. History of ResearchErasmus Gaß: Joshua's Death Told Twice - Perspectives from the History of Research2.2. Contemporary ApproachesErhard Blum: Once Again: The Compositional Knot at the Transition between Joshua and Judges - Reinhard G. Kratz: The Literary Transition in Joshua 23-Judges 2: Observations and Considerations - Sarah Schulz: The Literary Transition between the Books of Joshua and Judges - Christian Frevel: On Untying Tangles and Tying Knots in Joshua 23-Judges 3:6: A Response to Erhard Blum, Reinhard G. Kratz and Sarah Schulz3. The Larger Context3.1. The Place of the Book of Joshua in the Hexateuch and/or in the So-Called Deuteronomistic HistoryZev I. Farber/Jacob L. Wright: The Savior of Gibeon: Reconstructing the Prehistory of the Joshua Account - Daniel E. Fleming: The Shiloh Ritual in Joshua 18 as Origin of the Territorial Division by Lot3.2. The Place of the Book of Judges in the So-Called Deuteronomistic HistoryUwe Becker: The Place of the Book of Judges in the So-Called Deuteronomistic History: Some Remarks on Recent Research - Cynthia Edenburg: Envelopes and Seams: How Judges Fits (or not) within the Deuteronomistic History - Peter Porzig: The Book of Judges within the Deuteronomistic HistoryPart III: The Transitions between the Books of Genesis/Exodus and Joshua/Judges and their Literary Relationship1. Material EvidenceChristoph Berner: The two Book-Seams and their Interconnections2. Contemporary ApproachesStephen Germany: The Literary Relationship between Genesis 50-Exodus 1 and Joshua 24-Judges 2 - Jean Louis Ska: Plot and Story in Genesis-Exodus and Joshua-Judges