The Literary History of the Pentateuch

Born 1977; 2007 PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (Hebrew Bible) from Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Professor of Hebrew Bible at Yale University.

• PrefaceWhy Is the Pentateuch Unreadable; or, Why Are We Doing This Anyway?Continuity Between the Gaps: The Pentateuch and the Kirta EpicA Narrative Pattern and Its Role in Source CriticismAn Unnoticed Nuance in Genesis 2:21-22The Tower of Babel: A Case Study in the Competing Methods of Historical and Modern Literary CriticismThe Morpho-Syntax of Genesis 12:1-3: Translation and InterpretationThe Death of IsaacThe Continuity of the Priestly Narrative from Genesis to ExodusEvaluating the "Transition" between Genesis and ExodusFrom Joseph to Moses: The Narratives of Exodus 1-2Identifying the Original Stratum of P: Theoretical and Practical ConsiderationsThe Original Place of the Priestly Manna Story in Exodus 16On Exodus 33:1-11The Purpose of Purification in Leviticus 16: A Proposal Pertaining to Priestly PrepositionsThe Structure and Substance of Numbers 15Source Stratification, Secondary Additions, and the Documentary Hypothesis in the Book of Numbers: The Case of Numbers 17The Narratives of Numbers 20-21The Deuteronomic Evidence for the Documentary TheoryDeuteronomy Reads the PentateuchSources without AuthorsSecondary Additions: Form and Function