| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 206 pages) |
| Contents |
Biblical studies as the meeting point of the humanities -- Rethinking the relation between "canon" and "exegesis" -- The problem of innovation within the formative canon -- The reworking of the principle of transgenerational punishment: four case studies -- The canon as sponsor of innovation -- The phenomenon of rewriting within the Hebrew Bible: a bibliographic essay on inner-biblical exegesis in the history of scholarship |
| Summary |
This book examines the doctrine of transgenerational punishment found in the Decalogue - the idea that God punishes sinners vicariously, extending the punishment due them to three or four generations of their progeny. Although a 'God-given' law, the unfairness of punishing innocent people in this way was clearly recognized in ancient Israel. A series of inner-biblical and post-biblical responses to the rule demonstrates that later writers were able to criticize, reject, and replace this doctrine with the notion of individual retribution. Supporting further study, it includes a valuable bibliographical essay on the distinctive approach of inner-biblical exegesis, showing the contributions of European, Israeli, and North American scholars. This Cambridge release represents a major revision and expansion of the French edition, L'Herméneutique de l'innovation: Canon et exégèse dans l'Israël biblique, nearly doubling its length with extensive content and offering alternative perspectives on debates about canonicity, textual authority, and authorship |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Old Testament -- Historiography
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Bible. Old Testament fast |
| Subject |
Punishment -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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Punishment (Jewish law)
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God (Judaism) -- Righteousness.
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God (Judaism) -- History of doctrines
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Judaism -- History -- To 70 A.D.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Theology.
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God (Judaism) -- History of doctrines
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God (Judaism) -- Righteousness
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Historiography
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Judaism
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Punishment (Jewish law)
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Punishment -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0521513448 |
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9780521513449 |
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0511423616 |
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9780511423611 |
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9780511424090 |
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0511424094 |
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9780511499029 |
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0511499027 |
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9780521171915 |
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0521171911 |
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9780511421761 |
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0511421761 |
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