Thomas L. Brodie
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780195138368
- eISBN:
- 9780199834037
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195138368.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies
Theoretically, Genesis’ diptych structure may be seen either as belonging to the nature of the text or simply as an editorial addition – a way of arranging the text. To determine which explanation is ...
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Theoretically, Genesis’ diptych structure may be seen either as belonging to the nature of the text or simply as an editorial addition – a way of arranging the text. To determine which explanation is true, research needs to attend to the full meaning of the individual texts or diptychs; the immediate context of Genesis; the further context of the Primary History (Genesis‐2 Kings); the larger context of the Bible as a whole; and the context of diverse theories concerning sources, particularly the documentary theory.Less
Theoretically, Genesis’ diptych structure may be seen either as belonging to the nature of the text or simply as an editorial addition – a way of arranging the text. To determine which explanation is true, research needs to attend to the full meaning of the individual texts or diptychs; the immediate context of Genesis; the further context of the Primary History (Genesis‐2 Kings); the larger context of the Bible as a whole; and the context of diverse theories concerning sources, particularly the documentary theory.
Marvin A. Sweeney
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780195133240
- eISBN:
- 9780199834693
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195133242.003.0018
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies
Analysis of the book of Micah tends to emphasize the reconstruction of Micah's authentic eighth‐century oracles and the exilic or postexilic redaction of the book. An analysis of the present form of ...
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Analysis of the book of Micah tends to emphasize the reconstruction of Micah's authentic eighth‐century oracles and the exilic or postexilic redaction of the book. An analysis of the present form of the book of Micah indicates that it is formulated as a prophetic announcement of Zion's exaltation in keeping with Josiah's program to centralize worship and political rule in Jerusalem. Redaction‐critical analysis of Micah indicates relatively little influence of exilic or postexilic redaction.Less
Analysis of the book of Micah tends to emphasize the reconstruction of Micah's authentic eighth‐century oracles and the exilic or postexilic redaction of the book. An analysis of the present form of the book of Micah indicates that it is formulated as a prophetic announcement of Zion's exaltation in keeping with Josiah's program to centralize worship and political rule in Jerusalem. Redaction‐critical analysis of Micah indicates relatively little influence of exilic or postexilic redaction.
Marvin A. Sweeney
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780195133240
- eISBN:
- 9780199834693
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195133242.003.0015
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies
Study of the book of Isaiah has tended to focus on the reconstruction of the “authentic” words of the eighth‐century prophet and the exile or postexilic redaction of his book. Nevertheless, ...
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Study of the book of Isaiah has tended to focus on the reconstruction of the “authentic” words of the eighth‐century prophet and the exile or postexilic redaction of his book. Nevertheless, considerable evidence has been mounting of a Josianic or Assyrian redaction of the book of Isaiah that was designed to support Josiah's reform in the aftermath of the collapse of Assyrian power. Redaction‐critical analysis of key texts in Isaiah 5–12; 14–23; 27; 28–32; and 36–37 points to evidence for the Josianic redaction of the Isaian tradition.Less
Study of the book of Isaiah has tended to focus on the reconstruction of the “authentic” words of the eighth‐century prophet and the exile or postexilic redaction of his book. Nevertheless, considerable evidence has been mounting of a Josianic or Assyrian redaction of the book of Isaiah that was designed to support Josiah's reform in the aftermath of the collapse of Assyrian power. Redaction‐critical analysis of key texts in Isaiah 5–12; 14–23; 27; 28–32; and 36–37 points to evidence for the Josianic redaction of the Isaian tradition.
Isabel Moreira
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- January 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199736041
- eISBN:
- 9780199894628
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199736041.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Early Christian Studies
This chapter challenges a school of thought that proposes that purgatory emerged in the seventh century as a result of the contact of Mediterranean Christianity with Irish religious culture. It gives ...
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This chapter challenges a school of thought that proposes that purgatory emerged in the seventh century as a result of the contact of Mediterranean Christianity with Irish religious culture. It gives special attention to the Vision of Fursey as evidence for postmortem purgation and questions the argument that penitential tariffing had a direct influence on evolving conceptions of purgatory. The chapter also examines Bede’s epitome of the Vision of Fursey, the Fragmentary Vision of 757, Vision of Paul, Redaction 6, and the Bigotian Penitential.Less
This chapter challenges a school of thought that proposes that purgatory emerged in the seventh century as a result of the contact of Mediterranean Christianity with Irish religious culture. It gives special attention to the Vision of Fursey as evidence for postmortem purgation and questions the argument that penitential tariffing had a direct influence on evolving conceptions of purgatory. The chapter also examines Bede’s epitome of the Vision of Fursey, the Fragmentary Vision of 757, Vision of Paul, Redaction 6, and the Bigotian Penitential.
David P. Wright
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195304756
- eISBN:
- 9780199866830
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195304756.003.0012
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies
This chapter discusses more technical but fundamental issues regarding the composition of the apodictic laws. It argues that the apodictic laws are not later additions to the text but part of the ...
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This chapter discusses more technical but fundamental issues regarding the composition of the apodictic laws. It argues that the apodictic laws are not later additions to the text but part of the basic composition of the Covenant Code. It explores the question of whether the laws and clauses in which second person plural forms are found are an addition to the text. It gives evidence that they may be original and were generated by the use of sources or by other contextual concerns. It also argues that, for the most part, various motive or explanatory clauses are original to the apodictic laws. Finally, the chapter argues that the Covenant Code was probably written in connection with a version of the narrative of the book of Exodus and discusses the Covenant Code's compositional and chronological relationship to the book of Deuteronomy.Less
This chapter discusses more technical but fundamental issues regarding the composition of the apodictic laws. It argues that the apodictic laws are not later additions to the text but part of the basic composition of the Covenant Code. It explores the question of whether the laws and clauses in which second person plural forms are found are an addition to the text. It gives evidence that they may be original and were generated by the use of sources or by other contextual concerns. It also argues that, for the most part, various motive or explanatory clauses are original to the apodictic laws. Finally, the chapter argues that the Covenant Code was probably written in connection with a version of the narrative of the book of Exodus and discusses the Covenant Code's compositional and chronological relationship to the book of Deuteronomy.
David P. Wright
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195304756
- eISBN:
- 9780199866830
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195304756.003.0013
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies
This conclusion summarizes and extends the conclusions of the book. It describes the ideological tenor of the whole work, its essential unity, its relationship to the narrative of the book of Exodus, ...
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This conclusion summarizes and extends the conclusions of the book. It describes the ideological tenor of the whole work, its essential unity, its relationship to the narrative of the book of Exodus, and speaks more generally how the conclusions relate to a theory of Pentateuch origins and development.Less
This conclusion summarizes and extends the conclusions of the book. It describes the ideological tenor of the whole work, its essential unity, its relationship to the narrative of the book of Exodus, and speaks more generally how the conclusions relate to a theory of Pentateuch origins and development.
David P. Wright
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195304756
- eISBN:
- 9780199866830
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195304756.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies
This introduction provides an overview to the comparative study of the Covenant Code and Mesopotamian law, particularly the Laws of Hammurabi. It provides a summary of the argument of the book and ...
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This introduction provides an overview to the comparative study of the Covenant Code and Mesopotamian law, particularly the Laws of Hammurabi. It provides a summary of the argument of the book and contrasts the views of other recent academic studies, including those of Eckart Otto, Raymond Westbrook, Ludger Schwienhort-Schönberger, Ralf Rothenbusch, and Bernard Jackson. It also discusses methodological questions and problems arising in the comparative study of Near Eastern law, including similarities as proof of literary borrowing and the "hermaneutics of legal innovation" (as pioneered by Bernard Levinson) or compositional logic of the text.Less
This introduction provides an overview to the comparative study of the Covenant Code and Mesopotamian law, particularly the Laws of Hammurabi. It provides a summary of the argument of the book and contrasts the views of other recent academic studies, including those of Eckart Otto, Raymond Westbrook, Ludger Schwienhort-Schönberger, Ralf Rothenbusch, and Bernard Jackson. It also discusses methodological questions and problems arising in the comparative study of Near Eastern law, including similarities as proof of literary borrowing and the "hermaneutics of legal innovation" (as pioneered by Bernard Levinson) or compositional logic of the text.
David P. Wright
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195304756
- eISBN:
- 9780199866830
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195304756.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies
This chapter discusses the inadequacy of other theories for explaining the similarities between the Covenant Code and the Laws of Hammurabi, including coincidence, the use of common scribal ...
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This chapter discusses the inadequacy of other theories for explaining the similarities between the Covenant Code and the Laws of Hammurabi, including coincidence, the use of common scribal techniques, oral tradition, oral transmission of Hammurabi's text, and the use of an unknown mediating Northwest Semitic/Canaanite text. The chapter outlines in detail the evidence for placing the composition of the Covenant Code in the Neo-Assyrian period, between 740–640 BCE and the opportunity for the use of Hammurabi's Laws. It also discusses the wide attestation of the Laws of Hammurabi as a canonical-scribal text in the Neo-Assyrian period. It discusses the Covenant Code's occasional use of laws from other cuneiform law collections and the attestation of these other collections.Less
This chapter discusses the inadequacy of other theories for explaining the similarities between the Covenant Code and the Laws of Hammurabi, including coincidence, the use of common scribal techniques, oral tradition, oral transmission of Hammurabi's text, and the use of an unknown mediating Northwest Semitic/Canaanite text. The chapter outlines in detail the evidence for placing the composition of the Covenant Code in the Neo-Assyrian period, between 740–640 BCE and the opportunity for the use of Hammurabi's Laws. It also discusses the wide attestation of the Laws of Hammurabi as a canonical-scribal text in the Neo-Assyrian period. It discusses the Covenant Code's occasional use of laws from other cuneiform law collections and the attestation of these other collections.
H. G. M. Williamson
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780198263609
- eISBN:
- 9780191600821
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0198263600.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Judaism
Examines the evidence as to whether or not Deutero‐Isaiah made any editorial contribution to the original Proto‐Isaiah text that he was continuing, focusing on a textual analysis of Chs. 2–12 and ...
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Examines the evidence as to whether or not Deutero‐Isaiah made any editorial contribution to the original Proto‐Isaiah text that he was continuing, focusing on a textual analysis of Chs. 2–12 and parallel elements in Chs. 40–55, and concludes from a comparison of theme and vocabulary that Deutero‐Isaiah could have written specific sections of Proto‐Isaiah as part of his post‐exilic redaction of the book.Less
Examines the evidence as to whether or not Deutero‐Isaiah made any editorial contribution to the original Proto‐Isaiah text that he was continuing, focusing on a textual analysis of Chs. 2–12 and parallel elements in Chs. 40–55, and concludes from a comparison of theme and vocabulary that Deutero‐Isaiah could have written specific sections of Proto‐Isaiah as part of his post‐exilic redaction of the book.
Jerome Murphy‐O'Connor
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- May 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199564156
- eISBN:
- 9780191721281
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199564156.003.0014
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies
In vv. 3b–5 Paul divides the components of a primitive unified creed for emphasis. To it he added vv. 6–7, which is partly traditional, because the mention of ‘all the apostles’ permitted him to ...
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In vv. 3b–5 Paul divides the components of a primitive unified creed for emphasis. To it he added vv. 6–7, which is partly traditional, because the mention of ‘all the apostles’ permitted him to broaden the concept sufficiently for him to identify himself as an ‘apostle’ in v. 8.Less
In vv. 3b–5 Paul divides the components of a primitive unified creed for emphasis. To it he added vv. 6–7, which is partly traditional, because the mention of ‘all the apostles’ permitted him to broaden the concept sufficiently for him to identify himself as an ‘apostle’ in v. 8.
Marvin A. Sweeney
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780195133240
- eISBN:
- 9780199834693
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195133242.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies
Although much of the Hebrew Bible is shaped to address the historical and theological problems posed by the Babylonian exile of 587 b.c.e., scholars have consistently noted that the program of ...
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Although much of the Hebrew Bible is shaped to address the historical and theological problems posed by the Babylonian exile of 587 b.c.e., scholars have consistently noted that the program of religious reform and national restoration instituted by King Josiah of Judah (ruled 640–609 b.c.e.) appears to play a substantial role in the composition of the Hebrew Bible's legal, historical, and prophetic books. Nevertheless, scholars have been unable to provide a convincing case for this contention due to the difficulties in establishing appropriate redaction‐critical models for the composition of such generically distinct books. This study employs advances in redaction‐critical theory that call for a synchronic analysis of the present form of the biblical text as the basis for diachronic reconstruction of its compositional history. Although the archeological record indicates that Josiah did not succeed in carrying out his program, analysis of the relevant legal, historical, and prophetic books points to Josiah's efforts to provide an ideologically charged history, prophetic justification, and legal reforms that would support his efforts to reunite all Israel and Judah under his rule.Less
Although much of the Hebrew Bible is shaped to address the historical and theological problems posed by the Babylonian exile of 587 b.c.e., scholars have consistently noted that the program of religious reform and national restoration instituted by King Josiah of Judah (ruled 640–609 b.c.e.) appears to play a substantial role in the composition of the Hebrew Bible's legal, historical, and prophetic books. Nevertheless, scholars have been unable to provide a convincing case for this contention due to the difficulties in establishing appropriate redaction‐critical models for the composition of such generically distinct books. This study employs advances in redaction‐critical theory that call for a synchronic analysis of the present form of the biblical text as the basis for diachronic reconstruction of its compositional history. Although the archeological record indicates that Josiah did not succeed in carrying out his program, analysis of the relevant legal, historical, and prophetic books points to Josiah's efforts to provide an ideologically charged history, prophetic justification, and legal reforms that would support his efforts to reunite all Israel and Judah under his rule.
Marvin A. Sweeney
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780195133240
- eISBN:
- 9780199834693
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195133242.003.0012
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies
Although many scholars maintain that the book of Zephaniah shows evidence of considerable editing during the postexilic period, a form‐critical analysis of the structure of the book indicates that it ...
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Although many scholars maintain that the book of Zephaniah shows evidence of considerable editing during the postexilic period, a form‐critical analysis of the structure of the book indicates that it was written to support Josiah's reform. Zephaniah is formulated as a prophetic exhortation to seek YHWH. It employs the threat of punishment to motivate its audience to reject pagan worship, and it points to the downfall of Judah's primary enemies to emphasize that YHWH was already beginning to act. Zephaniah's portrayal of Jerusalem's restoration points to Josiah's efforts to reunite Israel and Judah around the Jerusalem Temple.Less
Although many scholars maintain that the book of Zephaniah shows evidence of considerable editing during the postexilic period, a form‐critical analysis of the structure of the book indicates that it was written to support Josiah's reform. Zephaniah is formulated as a prophetic exhortation to seek YHWH. It employs the threat of punishment to motivate its audience to reject pagan worship, and it points to the downfall of Judah's primary enemies to emphasize that YHWH was already beginning to act. Zephaniah's portrayal of Jerusalem's restoration points to Josiah's efforts to reunite Israel and Judah around the Jerusalem Temple.
Marvin A. Sweeney
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780195133240
- eISBN:
- 9780199834693
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195133242.003.0014
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies
Although the superscription of Jeremiah maintains that the prophet began his career in the thirteenth year of Josiah's reign, the book contains little indication of Jeremiah's activity during this ...
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Although the superscription of Jeremiah maintains that the prophet began his career in the thirteenth year of Josiah's reign, the book contains little indication of Jeremiah's activity during this period. Nevertheless, various clues have led scholars to speculate that some of Jeremiah's Josian oracles may have been reworked in relation to later concerns. Redaction‐critical study of Jeremiah 2–6 and 30–31 indicate that these blocks of oracles originally called for the return of northern Israel to Judean, Davidic rule in keeping with Josiah's reform. The unexpected death of Josiah and the emergence of Babylonian power over Judah, however, prompted Jeremiah to reconsider his views and to rework his earlier oracles to address the Babylonian exile.Less
Although the superscription of Jeremiah maintains that the prophet began his career in the thirteenth year of Josiah's reign, the book contains little indication of Jeremiah's activity during this period. Nevertheless, various clues have led scholars to speculate that some of Jeremiah's Josian oracles may have been reworked in relation to later concerns. Redaction‐critical study of Jeremiah 2–6 and 30–31 indicate that these blocks of oracles originally called for the return of northern Israel to Judean, Davidic rule in keeping with Josiah's reform. The unexpected death of Josiah and the emergence of Babylonian power over Judah, however, prompted Jeremiah to reconsider his views and to rework his earlier oracles to address the Babylonian exile.
John Van Seters
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780195153156
- eISBN:
- 9780199834785
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195153154.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies
In a review of past research on the Covenant Code, this chapter addresses the relationship of the code to the E source of the Documentary Hypothesis and the use of form criticism of law and tradition ...
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In a review of past research on the Covenant Code, this chapter addresses the relationship of the code to the E source of the Documentary Hypothesis and the use of form criticism of law and tradition history as arguments for the primitive character of this law code. It examines the more recent studies of redaction criticism that treat the Covenant Code as an originally independent entity with a long development. And it considers the various evolutionist/typological and historical/diffusionist methods of comparison between this biblical code and similar Near Eastern codes as arguments for the Covenant Code's early date. This review concludes that all these approaches have failed to establish the priority of the Covenant Code in the development of Hebrew law.Less
In a review of past research on the Covenant Code, this chapter addresses the relationship of the code to the E source of the Documentary Hypothesis and the use of form criticism of law and tradition history as arguments for the primitive character of this law code. It examines the more recent studies of redaction criticism that treat the Covenant Code as an originally independent entity with a long development. And it considers the various evolutionist/typological and historical/diffusionist methods of comparison between this biblical code and similar Near Eastern codes as arguments for the Covenant Code's early date. This review concludes that all these approaches have failed to establish the priority of the Covenant Code in the development of Hebrew law.
William J. Kennedy
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781501700019
- eISBN:
- 9781501703812
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501700019.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, 16th-century and Renaissance Literature
The Italian scholar and poet Francesco Petrarch (1304–1374) is best remembered today for vibrant and impassioned love poetry that helped to establish Italian as a literary language. Petrarch inspired ...
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The Italian scholar and poet Francesco Petrarch (1304–1374) is best remembered today for vibrant and impassioned love poetry that helped to establish Italian as a literary language. Petrarch inspired later Renaissance writers, who produced an extraordinary body of work regarded today as perhaps the high-water mark of poetic productivity in the European West. These “Petrarchan” poets were self-consciously aware of themselves as poets—as craftsmen, revisers, and professionals. As the book shows, this commitment to professionalism and the mastery of poetic craft is essential to understanding Petrarch’s legacy. The book contributes to recent scholarship that explores relationships between poetics and economic history in early-modern European literature. It traces the development of a Renaissance aesthetics from one based upon Platonic intuition and visionary furor to one grounded in Aristotelian craftsmanship and technique. Their polarities harbor economic consequences, the first privileging the poet’s divinely endowed talent, rewarded by the autocratic largess of patrons, the other emphasizing the poet’s acquired skill and hard work. Petrarch was the first to exploit the tensions between these polarities, followed by his poetic successors. As the book shows, the poetic practices of revision and redaction by Petrarch and his successors exemplify the transition from a premodern economy of patronage to an early modern economy dominated by unstable market forces.Less
The Italian scholar and poet Francesco Petrarch (1304–1374) is best remembered today for vibrant and impassioned love poetry that helped to establish Italian as a literary language. Petrarch inspired later Renaissance writers, who produced an extraordinary body of work regarded today as perhaps the high-water mark of poetic productivity in the European West. These “Petrarchan” poets were self-consciously aware of themselves as poets—as craftsmen, revisers, and professionals. As the book shows, this commitment to professionalism and the mastery of poetic craft is essential to understanding Petrarch’s legacy. The book contributes to recent scholarship that explores relationships between poetics and economic history in early-modern European literature. It traces the development of a Renaissance aesthetics from one based upon Platonic intuition and visionary furor to one grounded in Aristotelian craftsmanship and technique. Their polarities harbor economic consequences, the first privileging the poet’s divinely endowed talent, rewarded by the autocratic largess of patrons, the other emphasizing the poet’s acquired skill and hard work. Petrarch was the first to exploit the tensions between these polarities, followed by his poetic successors. As the book shows, the poetic practices of revision and redaction by Petrarch and his successors exemplify the transition from a premodern economy of patronage to an early modern economy dominated by unstable market forces.
Lauren A. S. Monroe
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199774166
- eISBN:
- 9780199897377
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199774166.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Judaism
This chapter addresses the implications of this study for certain central issues in biblical studies. These are: the nature of Holiness writing and the duration of the Holiness school's activity; the ...
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This chapter addresses the implications of this study for certain central issues in biblical studies. These are: the nature of Holiness writing and the duration of the Holiness school's activity; the relationship between the Holiness and Deuteronomistic schools; the use of 2 Kgs 23 to date Deuteronomy to the seventh century; the idea of a Josianic redaction of the book of Kings; the import of the idea of centralization within the literary traditions of the Deuteronom(ist)ic school; and the historicity of Josiah's reform. The chapter concludes by reflecting on the core traditions of sanctified violence embedded in the account of the reform and how these were preserved and manipulated in the process of narrativizing emergent Israelite identity.Less
This chapter addresses the implications of this study for certain central issues in biblical studies. These are: the nature of Holiness writing and the duration of the Holiness school's activity; the relationship between the Holiness and Deuteronomistic schools; the use of 2 Kgs 23 to date Deuteronomy to the seventh century; the idea of a Josianic redaction of the book of Kings; the import of the idea of centralization within the literary traditions of the Deuteronom(ist)ic school; and the historicity of Josiah's reform. The chapter concludes by reflecting on the core traditions of sanctified violence embedded in the account of the reform and how these were preserved and manipulated in the process of narrativizing emergent Israelite identity.
George A. Kennedy
- Published in print:
- 1984
- Published Online:
- July 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807841204
- eISBN:
- 9781469616261
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9780807841204.003.0008
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Archaeology: Classical
This Conclusion presents some final thoughts. The Conclusion indicates that this book's detailed discussion on redaction criticism, historical and literary criticism, and other approaches hopes to ...
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This Conclusion presents some final thoughts. The Conclusion indicates that this book's detailed discussion on redaction criticism, historical and literary criticism, and other approaches hopes to have provided supplementary information for the interpretation presented here to complement scholarly criticism in the twentieth century.Less
This Conclusion presents some final thoughts. The Conclusion indicates that this book's detailed discussion on redaction criticism, historical and literary criticism, and other approaches hopes to have provided supplementary information for the interpretation presented here to complement scholarly criticism in the twentieth century.
Richard Sharpe
- Published in print:
- 1991
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198215820
- eISBN:
- 9780191678219
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198215820.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Medieval History, History of Religion
We know from the table of contents in M that D originally contained a Life of St Brigit, but it is now lacking from both manuscripts. This chapter shows that it survives as the anonymous Vita IV in ...
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We know from the table of contents in M that D originally contained a Life of St Brigit, but it is now lacking from both manuscripts. This chapter shows that it survives as the anonymous Vita IV in two seventeenth-century editions. The Life was attributed by Fr. Hugh Ward to Ultán of Ardbraccan and by John Colgan to an unknown author, Animosus, whom he equated with the Irish name Anmchad. But since Colgan thought the metrical Life to have been written in the eighth century, it was obvious that this Anmchad could not be the Animosus there referred to. Vita IV's value is greatest as an index to the changes in style and content between seventh-century hagiography and the works of the age of the D-redactor, and especially as a paradigm of the latter's editorial activity. Based on evidence, Vita IV appears to be the Dublin text of the Life of St Brigit. This discovery is of some importance for the study of the redaction of the vitae of Irish saints in the three later medieval collections.Less
We know from the table of contents in M that D originally contained a Life of St Brigit, but it is now lacking from both manuscripts. This chapter shows that it survives as the anonymous Vita IV in two seventeenth-century editions. The Life was attributed by Fr. Hugh Ward to Ultán of Ardbraccan and by John Colgan to an unknown author, Animosus, whom he equated with the Irish name Anmchad. But since Colgan thought the metrical Life to have been written in the eighth century, it was obvious that this Anmchad could not be the Animosus there referred to. Vita IV's value is greatest as an index to the changes in style and content between seventh-century hagiography and the works of the age of the D-redactor, and especially as a paradigm of the latter's editorial activity. Based on evidence, Vita IV appears to be the Dublin text of the Life of St Brigit. This discovery is of some importance for the study of the redaction of the vitae of Irish saints in the three later medieval collections.
Huw Pryce
- Published in print:
- 1993
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198203629
- eISBN:
- 9780191675904
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198203629.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Medieval History, History of Religion
By virtue of its content, the native law of medieval Wales can justly be called secular law. Yet it was also a law devised by and for members of a Christian society in which the Catholic Church was ...
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By virtue of its content, the native law of medieval Wales can justly be called secular law. Yet it was also a law devised by and for members of a Christian society in which the Catholic Church was well established. Indeed, both its textual redaction and its administration depended in important respects upon ecclesiastical co-operation. This chapter examines the involvement of the clergy in the production of legal texts. It begins by identifying signs of ecclesiastical participation in, and influence on, the copying and composition of lawbooks, and then considers why clerics contributed to their compilation and transmission, suggesting that some must have done so in their capacity as professional lawyers. It illustrates one aspect of cyfraith Hywel's debt to the Church. First, it turns to the evidence of the legal manuscripts. There can be no doubt that the Church contributed both to the production of manuscripts of Welsh law and to the redaction of legal texts.Less
By virtue of its content, the native law of medieval Wales can justly be called secular law. Yet it was also a law devised by and for members of a Christian society in which the Catholic Church was well established. Indeed, both its textual redaction and its administration depended in important respects upon ecclesiastical co-operation. This chapter examines the involvement of the clergy in the production of legal texts. It begins by identifying signs of ecclesiastical participation in, and influence on, the copying and composition of lawbooks, and then considers why clerics contributed to their compilation and transmission, suggesting that some must have done so in their capacity as professional lawyers. It illustrates one aspect of cyfraith Hywel's debt to the Church. First, it turns to the evidence of the legal manuscripts. There can be no doubt that the Church contributed both to the production of manuscripts of Welsh law and to the redaction of legal texts.
Stuart Weeks
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198270072
- eISBN:
- 9780191683879
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198270072.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies, Judaism
This chapter examines the issues that directly affect our understanding of the origins and nature of wisdom literature in Israel, looking at evidence ...
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This chapter examines the issues that directly affect our understanding of the origins and nature of wisdom literature in Israel, looking at evidence drawn principally from Proverbs itself. Specifically, it addresses the issue: do the contents or presentation of material in any part of Proverbs suggest an origin or redaction within the royal court or bureaucracy? The chapter looks at the superscriptions and court and king sayings in Proverbs, and concludes that neither provides significant evidence for the composition or redaction of wisdom literature in and for the royal court.Less
This chapter examines the issues that directly affect our understanding of the origins and nature of wisdom literature in Israel, looking at evidence drawn principally from Proverbs itself. Specifically, it addresses the issue: do the contents or presentation of material in any part of Proverbs suggest an origin or redaction within the royal court or bureaucracy? The chapter looks at the superscriptions and court and king sayings in Proverbs, and concludes that neither provides significant evidence for the composition or redaction of wisdom literature in and for the royal court.
