Exploring the Composition of the Pentateuch

L. S. Baker Jr. is a Ph.D. candidate in ancient Near Eastern archaeology at Andrews University.Kenneth Bergland is an independent scholar and pastor residing in Norway.Felipe A. Masotti is a Ph.D. candidate in Old Testament studies at Andrews University.A. Rahel Wells is Associate Professor of biblical studies at Andrews University.

• PrefaceJiøí MoskalaAbbreviationsIntroductionRoy E. GanePart One: History of Scholarship and Alternative Approaches1 A Critical Intellectual History of the Historical-Critical Paradigm in Biblical StudiesJoshua Berman2 The Exodus, Debt Slavery, and the Composition of the PentateuchRichard E. Averbeck3 Egyptian Language Practice—a Model for Hebrew Poetic Use?L. S. Baker, Jr. and A. Rahel Wells4 Second Millennium BC Cuneiform from the Southern Levant and the Literature of the PentateuchRichard S. Hess5 The Hittite Treaty Prologue Tradition and the Literary Structure of the Book of DeuteronomyJiøí Moskala and Felipe A. Masotti6 Embodied Covenantal Instruction and Legal Reuse in TorahKenneth Bergland7 The Liturgical Function of Dates in the PentateuchMichael LeFebvrePart Two: Exegetical Studies8. In the Tradition of Moses: The Conceptual and Stylistic Imprint of Deuteronomy on the Patriarchal NarrativesDaniel I. Block9 Was Moses the Last Prophet? An Analysis of a Neo-Documentarian Interpretation of Document EDuane A. Garrett10 Revisiting the Literary Structure(s) of ExodusRichard Davidson, Tiago Arrais, and Christian Vogel11 Was Leviticus Composed by Aaronide Priests to Justify Their Cultic Monopoly?Roy E. Gane12 The Reception of Priestly Laws in Deuteronomy and Deuteronomy's Target AudienceBenjamin Kilchör13 The Implications of Some Current Ezekiel Research for Theories of the Composition of the PentateuchJohn S. BergsmaBibliography

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