The Theme of Diaspora in the Pentateuch

Geboren 1994; 2017 BA, International Christian University in Tokio, Japan; 2020 MDiv, Tokyo Union Theological Seminary; 2020-24 Promotionsstudium an der Universität Zürich (Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship); 2024 Dr. theol.; SNSF-Postdoc an der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg.

• 1. Introduction 1.1. The Pentateuch in Modern Research 1.2. The Date of Pentateuchal Texts and the Issue of Diaspora 1.3. Divergent Yahwistic Social Groups and the Hebrew Bible 1.4. The Theme of Diaspora in the Pentateuch 2. The Theme of Diaspora in Priestly Literature 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Pg and the Pro-Babylonian Golah Redaction in the Book of Ezekiel Excursus 1. The Canaanites in Pg 2.3. The Historical Profiles of P and the Book of Ezekiel 2.4. Pg and Deutero-Isaiah 2.5. The Theme of Diaspora in P and the Pro-Babylonian Golah Redaction in the Book of Ezekiel2.6. P and the Pro-Diaspora Fortschreibung in the Book of Ezekiel 2.7. The Holiness Legislation and the Pro-Diaspora Fortschreibung Excursus 2. Is There a Late Priestly Redaction in Ezekiel 44 and Numbers 16-18? 2.8. Conclusion 3. The Theme of Diaspora in Deuteronomy 4 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Deuteronomy 4 and Its Relationship with the Book of Jeremiah 3.3. Deuteronomy 4 within the Broader Tradition of Deuteronomism3.4. The Diaspora Theology of Deuteronomy 4 3.5. Conclusion 4. The Theme of Diaspora in Deuteronomy 28-30 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Deuteronomy 28-30 and the Theme of Diaspora 4.3. Deuteronomy 28-30 and the Prophetic Literature of Jeremiah and Ezekiel 4.4. Deuteronomy 28-30 and 1-2 Kings 4.5. Conclusion 5. The Theme of Diaspora in the Ancestor Narratives (Genesis 12-36) 5.1. Introduction 5.2. The Promise Texts 5.3. Genesis 15 5.4. Conclusion 6. The Theme of Diaspora in the Joseph Story 6.1. Introduction 6.2. The Literary Profile of the Joseph Story 6.3. The Joseph Story and the Book of Jeremiah 6.4. Conclusion 7. The Theme of Diaspora in the Wilderness Narrative 7.1. Introduction7.2. The Problem of the Earlier Wilderness Tradition 7.3. The Murmuring Stories in the Wilderness Narrative 7.4. The Murmuring Stories in the Context of the Wilderness Narrative 7.5. Conclusion 8. Conclusion 8.1. The Theme of the Diaspora in the Pentateuch8.2. Historical Considerations 8.3. Consequences for Pentateuchal Studies