Memoir of Moses

The Literary Creation of Covenantal Memory in Deuteronomy

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Deuteronomy characterizes memory as the key to Israel’s covenantal loyalty and commands its cultivation in the generations to come, and the book portrays itself as the foundation for this ongoing memory program. For this reason, Deuteronomy is considered to be an ancient collective memory text. However, recent scholarship has not focused on the book as a formative agent, leaving fundamental questions about the book unanswered: Why does Deuteronomy see memory as important in the first place? How does it seek to cultivate this memory in the people? A. J. Culp answers these questions by exploring Deuteronomy as a formative memory text and bringing contemporary memory theory into dialogue with biblical scholarship.Culp shows that Deuteronomy has tailored memory to its unique theology and purposes, a fact that both illuminates puzzling aspects of the text and challenges long-held views in scholarship, such as those regarding aniconism.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-06-13
Mått152 x 228 x 19 mm
Vikt372 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor264
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781978706927

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IntroductionChapter 1 A Path Overgrown: Scripture as a Memory ProducerChapter 2 What Your Eyes Have (Not) Seen: Deuteronomy as Collective MemoryChapter 3 You Who Stand Here Today: From Collective Memory to AutobiographyChapter 4 Making Memories: Identifying Deuteronomy’s Memory VectorsChapter 5 Emplotting Memory: Story as Memory VectorChapter 6 Sedimenting Memory: Ritual as a Memory VectorChapter 7 Emoting Memory: Song as Memory VectorConclusion A Wrinkle in Time: Memory as Portal into the Divine Presence

Culp's work is significant for several reasons. It is truly interdisciplinary and makes the complicated world of memory studies accessible to his primary audience within biblical studies. His work forms a solid foundation for understanding other texts as memory producers. The implications of this study have significance for hermeneutics, ecclesiology, discipleship and the nature of divine presence in relation to Scripture. As such, many scholars and students will find Culp's book worthwhile, including those whose research focus is outside Deuteronomy.