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3 - Genesis in Source and Redaction Criticism Today

from Part I - Composition and Structure of Genesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2022

By
Jan Christian Gertz
Edited by
Bill T. Arnold
Bill T. Arnold
Affiliation:
Asbury Theological Seminary, Kentucky
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Summary

Research on the Pentateuch began in the eighteenth century with the book of Genesis. This has had noticeable consequences for the current literary-historical analysis of both the Pentateuch as a whole and Genesis in particular. It is clear that the question of the sources and redactions in Genesis cannot be answered without the whole Pentateuch in view. However, the exact impact of the earliest questions of Pentateuchal research upon the research approaches of later generations, even in areas in which the directions of inquiry have clearly shifted, is rarely considered.

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The Cambridge Companion to Genesis , pp. 53 - 73
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Levin, Christoph. Der Jahwist. FRLANT 157. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1993.Google Scholar
Rendtorff, Rolf. The Problem of the Process of the Transmission in the Pentateuch. Translated by John J. Scullion. JSOTSup 89. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1990. Translation of Das überlieferungsgeschichtliche Problem des Pentateuch. BZAW 147. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1976.Google Scholar
Römer, Thomas C. “The Elusive Yahwist: A Short History of Research.” Pages 9–27 in A Farewell to the Yahwist? The Composition of the Pentateuch in Recent European Interpretation. Edited by Thomas, B. Dozeman and Schmid, Konrad. SBLSymS 34. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2006.Google Scholar
Schmid, Konrad. Genesis and the Moses Story: Israel’s Dual Origins in the Hebrew Bible. Translated by James D. Nogalski. Siphrut 3. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2010. Translation of Erzväter und Exodus: Untersuchungen zur doppelten Begründung der Ursprünge Israels innerhalb der Geschichtsbücher des Alten Testaments. WMANT 81. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchner, 1999.Google Scholar
Van Seters, John. Prologue to History: The Yahwist as Historian in Genesis. Zurich: Theologischer Verlag, 1992.Google Scholar
Ska, Jean-Louis. “Some Groundwork on Genesis 15.” Pages 67–81 in The Exegesis of the Pentateuch: Exegetical Studies and Basic Questions. By Ska, Jean-Louis. FAT 66. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2009.Google Scholar
Blum, Erhard. “The Jacob Tradition.” Pages 181–211 in The Book of Genesis: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation. Edited by Craig, A. Evans, Lohr, Joel N., and Petersen, David L.. VTSup 152. Leiden: Brill, 2012.Google Scholar
Blum, Erhard. Die Komposition der Vätergeschichte. WMANT 57. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener, 1984.Google Scholar
Carr, David M. Reading the Fractures of Genesis. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1996.Google Scholar
Gertz, Jan C. “The Formation of the Primeval History.” Pages 107–36 in The Book of Genesis: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation, Edited by Evans, Craig A., Lohr, Joel N, and Petersen, David L. VTSup 152. Leiden: Brill, 2012.Google Scholar
Gunkel, Hermann. Genesis. Translated by Mark E. Biddle. Foreword by Ernest W. Nicholson. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1997. Translation of the 9th printing (1977) of Genesis: übersetzt und erklärt: Mit einem Geleitwort von Walter Baumgartner. 3rd ed. HKAT 1.1. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1910.Google Scholar
Hartenstein, Friedhelm, and Schmid, Konrad, eds. Abschied von der Priesterschrift? Zum Stand der Pentateuchdebatte. VWGTh 40. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2015 (English translation forthcoming in SBL Ancient Israel and its Literature Series, Atlanta: SBL Press).Google Scholar
Levin, Christoph. Der Jahwist. FRLANT 157. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1993.Google Scholar
Rendtorff, Rolf. The Problem of the Process of the Transmission in the Pentateuch. Translated by John J. Scullion. JSOTSup 89. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1990. Translation of Das überlieferungsgeschichtliche Problem des Pentateuch. BZAW 147. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1976.Google Scholar
Römer, Thomas C. “The Elusive Yahwist: A Short History of Research.” Pages 9–27 in A Farewell to the Yahwist? The Composition of the Pentateuch in Recent European Interpretation. Edited by Thomas, B. Dozeman and Schmid, Konrad. SBLSymS 34. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2006.Google Scholar
Schmid, Konrad. Genesis and the Moses Story: Israel’s Dual Origins in the Hebrew Bible. Translated by James D. Nogalski. Siphrut 3. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2010. Translation of Erzväter und Exodus: Untersuchungen zur doppelten Begründung der Ursprünge Israels innerhalb der Geschichtsbücher des Alten Testaments. WMANT 81. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchner, 1999.Google Scholar
Van Seters, John. Prologue to History: The Yahwist as Historian in Genesis. Zurich: Theologischer Verlag, 1992.Google Scholar
Ska, Jean-Louis. “Some Groundwork on Genesis 15.” Pages 67–81 in The Exegesis of the Pentateuch: Exegetical Studies and Basic Questions. By Ska, Jean-Louis. FAT 66. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2009.Google Scholar
Blum, Erhard. “The Jacob Tradition.” Pages 181–211 in The Book of Genesis: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation. Edited by Craig, A. Evans, Lohr, Joel N., and Petersen, David L.. VTSup 152. Leiden: Brill, 2012.Google Scholar
Blum, Erhard. Die Komposition der Vätergeschichte. WMANT 57. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener, 1984.Google Scholar
Carr, David M. Reading the Fractures of Genesis. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1996.Google Scholar
Gertz, Jan C. “The Formation of the Primeval History.” Pages 107–36 in The Book of Genesis: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation, Edited by Evans, Craig A., Lohr, Joel N, and Petersen, David L. VTSup 152. Leiden: Brill, 2012.Google Scholar
Gunkel, Hermann. Genesis. Translated by Mark E. Biddle. Foreword by Ernest W. Nicholson. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1997. Translation of the 9th printing (1977) of Genesis: übersetzt und erklärt: Mit einem Geleitwort von Walter Baumgartner. 3rd ed. HKAT 1.1. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1910.Google Scholar
Hartenstein, Friedhelm, and Schmid, Konrad, eds. Abschied von der Priesterschrift? Zum Stand der Pentateuchdebatte. VWGTh 40. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2015 (English translation forthcoming in SBL Ancient Israel and its Literature Series, Atlanta: SBL Press).Google Scholar
Levin, Christoph. Der Jahwist. FRLANT 157. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1993.Google Scholar
Rendtorff, Rolf. The Problem of the Process of the Transmission in the Pentateuch. Translated by John J. Scullion. JSOTSup 89. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1990. Translation of Das überlieferungsgeschichtliche Problem des Pentateuch. BZAW 147. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1976.Google Scholar
Römer, Thomas C. “The Elusive Yahwist: A Short History of Research.” Pages 9–27 in A Farewell to the Yahwist? The Composition of the Pentateuch in Recent European Interpretation. Edited by Thomas, B. Dozeman and Schmid, Konrad. SBLSymS 34. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2006.Google Scholar
Schmid, Konrad. Genesis and the Moses Story: Israel’s Dual Origins in the Hebrew Bible. Translated by James D. Nogalski. Siphrut 3. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2010. Translation of Erzväter und Exodus: Untersuchungen zur doppelten Begründung der Ursprünge Israels innerhalb der Geschichtsbücher des Alten Testaments. WMANT 81. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchner, 1999.Google Scholar
Van Seters, John. Prologue to History: The Yahwist as Historian in Genesis. Zurich: Theologischer Verlag, 1992.Google Scholar
Ska, Jean-Louis. “Some Groundwork on Genesis 15.” Pages 67–81 in The Exegesis of the Pentateuch: Exegetical Studies and Basic Questions. By Ska, Jean-Louis. FAT 66. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2009.Google Scholar

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