Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Genesis
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Genesis
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction: Genesis and the status quaestionis
- Part I Composition and Structure of Genesis
- 2 Genesis in the History of Critical Scholarship
- 3 Genesis in Source and Redaction Criticism Today
- 4 Genesis in Form and Tradition Criticism Today
- 5 Rhetorical Features and Characteristics:
- Part II Social World of Genesis
- Part III Themes and Literary Motifs of Genesis
- Part IV Reception History of Genesis
- Scripture Index
- Subject Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
4 - Genesis in Form and Tradition Criticism Today
from Part I - Composition and Structure of Genesis
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Genesis
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Genesis
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction: Genesis and the status quaestionis
- Part I Composition and Structure of Genesis
- 2 Genesis in the History of Critical Scholarship
- 3 Genesis in Source and Redaction Criticism Today
- 4 Genesis in Form and Tradition Criticism Today
- 5 Rhetorical Features and Characteristics:
- Part II Social World of Genesis
- Part III Themes and Literary Motifs of Genesis
- Part IV Reception History of Genesis
- Scripture Index
- Subject Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
Summary
Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the book of Genesis has increasingly come to be studied in terms of form and genre as well as of the history of tradition. One of the reasons was Hermann Gunkel’s epochal commentary on Genesis, published in 1901, which was soon to become authoritative.1 Gunkel’s often-quoted statement that “Genesis is a collection of legends”2 (“Die Genesis ist eine Sammlung von Sagen”) determined the path future research would take, though he had not meant to say that Genesis was only that.
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Gertz, Jan Christian. “Antibabylonische Polemik im priesterlichen Schöpfungsbericht?” ZTK 106 (2009): 137–55.Google Scholar
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Levin, Christoph. “Tatbericht und Wortbericht in der priesterschriftlichen Schöpfungserzählung.” ZTK 91 (1994): 115–33.Google Scholar
Mowinckel, Sigmund. “Das ätiologische Denken.” Pages 78–86 in Tetrateuch – Pentateuch – Hexateuch: Die Berichte über die Landnahme in den drei altisraelitischen Geschichtswerken. BZAW 90. Berlin: Töpelmann, 1964.Google Scholar
Nõmmik, Urmas. Die Vätererzählungen im Lichte höfischer Erzählkunst: Motivkritische Studien zu den Überlieferungen von Lot, Isaak, Rebekka und Jakob. FAT. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2022 (forthcoming).Google Scholar
Seeligmann, Isaac Leo. “Ätiologische Elemente in der biblischen Geschichtsschreibung.” Pages 77–118 in Gesammelte Studien zur Hebräischen Bibel. Edited by Blum, Erhard. FAT 41. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2004.Google Scholar
Smend, Rudolf. “Elements of Historical Thinking in the Old Testament.” Pages 73–98 in “The Unconquered Land” and Other Old Testament Essays: Selected Studies. Translated by Margaret Kohl. Farnham: Ashgate, 2013.Google Scholar
Van Seters, John. Abraham in History and Tradition. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1975.Google Scholar
Westermann, Claus. “Arten der Erzählung in der Genesis.” Pages 9–91 in Forschung am Alten Testament: Gesammelte Studien. TB 24. Munich: Kaiser, 1964.Google Scholar
Blum, Erhard. Die Komposition der Vätergeschichte. WMANT 57. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1984.Google Scholar
Carr, David M. Writing on the Tablet of the Heart: Origins of Scripture and Literature. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gertz, Jan Christian. “Antibabylonische Polemik im priesterlichen Schöpfungsbericht?” ZTK 106 (2009): 137–55.Google Scholar
Gunkel, Hermann. Genesis: Translated and Interpreted. Translated by Mark E. Biddle. Mercer Library of Biblical Studies. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1997. Translation of Genesis übersetzt und erklärt. HKAT 1.1. 3rd revised edition. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1910.Google Scholar
Köckert, Matthias. Vätergott und Väterverheißungen: Eine Auseinandersetzung mit Albrecht Alt und seinen Erben. FRLANT 142. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1988.Google Scholar
Levin, Christoph. “Gerechtigkeit Gottes in der Genesis.” Pages 347–57 in Studies in the Book of Genesis: Literature, Redaction and History. Edited by Wénin., André BETL 155. Leuven: Peeters, 2001.Google Scholar
Levin, Christoph. “Das System der zwölf Stämme Israels.” Pages 163–78 in Congress Volume: Paris, 1992. Edited by Emerton, John A.. VTSup 61. Leiden: Brill, 1995.Google Scholar
Levin, Christoph. “Tatbericht und Wortbericht in der priesterschriftlichen Schöpfungserzählung.” ZTK 91 (1994): 115–33.Google Scholar
Mowinckel, Sigmund. “Das ätiologische Denken.” Pages 78–86 in Tetrateuch – Pentateuch – Hexateuch: Die Berichte über die Landnahme in den drei altisraelitischen Geschichtswerken. BZAW 90. Berlin: Töpelmann, 1964.Google Scholar
Nõmmik, Urmas. Die Vätererzählungen im Lichte höfischer Erzählkunst: Motivkritische Studien zu den Überlieferungen von Lot, Isaak, Rebekka und Jakob. FAT. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2022 (forthcoming).Google Scholar
Seeligmann, Isaac Leo. “Ätiologische Elemente in der biblischen Geschichtsschreibung.” Pages 77–118 in Gesammelte Studien zur Hebräischen Bibel. Edited by Blum, Erhard. FAT 41. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2004.Google Scholar
Smend, Rudolf. “Elements of Historical Thinking in the Old Testament.” Pages 73–98 in “The Unconquered Land” and Other Old Testament Essays: Selected Studies. Translated by Margaret Kohl. Farnham: Ashgate, 2013.Google Scholar
Van Seters, John. Abraham in History and Tradition. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1975.Google Scholar
Westermann, Claus. “Arten der Erzählung in der Genesis.” Pages 9–91 in Forschung am Alten Testament: Gesammelte Studien. TB 24. Munich: Kaiser, 1964.Google Scholar