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Intertextuality, Literary Competence and the Question of Readership / Cynthia Edenburg in Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 35/2 (december 2010)

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal for the Study of the Old Testament > 35/2 (december 2010) . - pp. 131-148. Titre : Intertextuality, Literary Competence and the Question of Readership : Some Preliminary Observations Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Cynthia Edenburg, Auteur Année de publication : 2010 Article en page(s) : pp. 131-148. Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : This article reconsiders the extent recitation and memorization played in the process of the literary composition and transmission of biblical texts, and attempts to distinguish between aurally recognizable intertextual echoes, as opposed to literary patterning based upon visual recognition. The findings of recent cognitive studies are applied in evaluating two sets of questions: first, whether different types of biblical intertextuality would have been equally recognizable to both listeners and readers; and second, whether scribes who produced intertextual compositions consulted and referred to written texts, or whether biblical intertextuality stems from the author’s trace memories of texts read or performed. [article] Intertextuality, Literary Competence and the Question of Readership : Some Preliminary Observations [texte imprimé] / Cynthia Edenburg, Auteur . - 2010 . - pp. 131-148. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal for the Study of the Old Testament > 35/2 (december 2010) . - pp. 131-148. Résumé : This article reconsiders the extent recitation and memorization played in the process of the literary composition and transmission of biblical texts, and attempts to distinguish between aurally recognizable intertextual echoes, as opposed to literary patterning based upon visual recognition. The findings of recent cognitive studies are applied in evaluating two sets of questions: first, whether different types of biblical intertextuality would have been equally recognizable to both listeners and readers; and second, whether scribes who produced intertextual compositions consulted and referred to written texts, or whether biblical intertextuality stems from the author’s trace memories of texts read or performed.

Did the Gods Cause Abraham’s Wandering? An Examination of ‭םיהלא‬ ‭יתא‬ ‭ועתה‬ in Genesis 20.13 / Andrew J. Schmutzer in Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 35/2 (december 2010)

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal for the Study of the Old Testament > 35/2 (december 2010) . - pp. 149-166. Titre : Did the Gods Cause Abraham’s Wandering? An Examination of ‭םיהלא‬ ‭יתא‬ ‭ועתה‬ in Genesis 20.13 Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Andrew J. Schmutzer, Auteur Année de publication : 2010 Article en page(s) : pp. 149-166. Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : In Gen. 20.11-13, ‭םיהלא‬ is ambiguously used with a plural verb in the Masoretic version of Gen. 20.13. ‭םיהלא‭ could refer to the true God or pagan ‘gods’. In this article, this unconventional grammatical feature is explored from multiple angles (e.g. morphology, grammar/syntax, history of interpretation) with sensitivity to the literary-theological movement of the narrative in its final form. Part and parcel of the history of interpretation involves how versions (the Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum Onkelos, and Septuagint Genesis) interpreted Gen. 20.13, shedding light on how this ambiguity may have been navigated by ancient interpreters. It is argued in this article that the Masoretic text’s plural causative ‭ועתה‬ with ‭םיהלא‬ makes ‘the gods’ an exegetically viable translation in this context. Some contemporary translations are evaluated and some recommendations are offered. This grammatical accommodation of Gen. 20.13 gains support from Abraham’s personal and political duress in which a powerful gentile king arraigns the patriarch who, in turn, contextualizes his message to a supposedly godless setting. [article] Did the Gods Cause Abraham’s Wandering? An Examination of ‭םיהלא‬ ‭יתא‬ ‭ועתה‬ in Genesis 20.13 [texte imprimé] / Andrew J. Schmutzer, Auteur . - 2010 . - pp. 149-166. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal for the Study of the Old Testament > 35/2 (december 2010) . - pp. 149-166. Résumé : In Gen. 20.11-13, ‭םיהלא‬ is ambiguously used with a plural verb in the Masoretic version of Gen. 20.13. ‭םיהלא‭ could refer to the true God or pagan ‘gods’. In this article, this unconventional grammatical feature is explored from multiple angles (e.g. morphology, grammar/syntax, history of interpretation) with sensitivity to the literary-theological movement of the narrative in its final form. Part and parcel of the history of interpretation involves how versions (the Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum Onkelos, and Septuagint Genesis) interpreted Gen. 20.13, shedding light on how this ambiguity may have been navigated by ancient interpreters. It is argued in this article that the Masoretic text’s plural causative ‭ועתה‬ with ‭םיהלא‬ makes ‘the gods’ an exegetically viable translation in this context. Some contemporary translations are evaluated and some recommendations are offered. This grammatical accommodation of Gen. 20.13 gains support from Abraham’s personal and political duress in which a powerful gentile king arraigns the patriarch who, in turn, contextualizes his message to a supposedly godless setting.

Numbering Israel / Nicholas P. Lunn in Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 35/2 (december 2010)

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal for the Study of the Old Testament > 35/2 (december 2010) . - pp. 167-185. Titre : Numbering Israel : A Rhetorico-Structural Analysis of Numbers 1-4 Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Nicholas P. Lunn, Auteur Année de publication : 2010 Article en page(s) : pp. 167-185. Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : This article presents a section by section rhetorico-structural analysis of the opening chapters of Numbers, which deal with the counting and grouping of the people of Israel. The analysis reveals the employment throughout of literary patterns of both linear and inverted forms. The findings of such an analysis point to a purposively and intricately designed textual organization in which the patterning serves definable literary and rhetorical purposes, notably the marking of closure, the underlining of salient information, and the preparation for subsequent information. These findings are consistent with other similar structural studies of Old Testament texts. [article] Numbering Israel : A Rhetorico-Structural Analysis of Numbers 1-4 [texte imprimé] / Nicholas P. Lunn, Auteur . - 2010 . - pp. 167-185. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal for the Study of the Old Testament > 35/2 (december 2010) . - pp. 167-185. Résumé : This article presents a section by section rhetorico-structural analysis of the opening chapters of Numbers, which deal with the counting and grouping of the people of Israel. The analysis reveals the employment throughout of literary patterns of both linear and inverted forms. The findings of such an analysis point to a purposively and intricately designed textual organization in which the patterning serves definable literary and rhetorical purposes, notably the marking of closure, the underlining of salient information, and the preparation for subsequent information. These findings are consistent with other similar structural studies of Old Testament texts.

Spies and Lies / Howard J. Curzer in Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 35/2 (december 2010)

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal for the Study of the Old Testament > 35/2 (december 2010) . - pp. 187-195. Titre : Spies and Lies : Faithful, Courageous Israelites and Truthful Spies Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Howard J. Curzer, Auteur Année de publication : 2010 Article en page(s) : pp. 187-195. Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : This article joins in a discussion between Karl G. Wilson and John J. Bimson regarding the interpretation of Job 38.2. Wilson argued that the question “Who is this…?” refers to Elihu rather than Job, indicating that Elihu’s speeches are original rather than additions to the book. Bimson refuted Wilcox’s interpretation by appealing to the content of the divine speeches and Job’s near quotation of 38.2 in 42.3. This article demonstrates the weaknesses in Bimson’s refutation by comparing the grammatical construction of the question in 38.2 to similar constructions elsewhere in the Old Testament and noting its context in the book of Job as a whole. This article concludes that Bimson’s refutation was unsuccessful, and that Wilcox’s argument merits further response. [article] Spies and Lies : Faithful, Courageous Israelites and Truthful Spies [texte imprimé] / Howard J. Curzer, Auteur . - 2010 . - pp. 187-195. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal for the Study of the Old Testament > 35/2 (december 2010) . - pp. 187-195. Résumé : This article joins in a discussion between Karl G. Wilson and John J. Bimson regarding the interpretation of Job 38.2. Wilson argued that the question “Who is this…?” refers to Elihu rather than Job, indicating that Elihu’s speeches are original rather than additions to the book. Bimson refuted Wilcox’s interpretation by appealing to the content of the divine speeches and Job’s near quotation of 38.2 in 42.3. This article demonstrates the weaknesses in Bimson’s refutation by comparing the grammatical construction of the question in 38.2 to similar constructions elsewhere in the Old Testament and noting its context in the book of Job as a whole. This article concludes that Bimson’s refutation was unsuccessful, and that Wilcox’s argument merits further response.

Who Speaks Words without Knowledge? A Response to Wilcox and Bimson / C. L. Brinks in Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 35/2 (december 2010)

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal for the Study of the Old Testament > 35/2 (december 2010) . - pp. 197-207. Titre : Who Speaks Words without Knowledge? A Response to Wilcox and Bimson Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : C. L. Brinks, Auteur Année de publication : 2010 Article en page(s) : pp. 197-207. Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : This article joins in a discussion between Karl G. Wilson and John J. Bimson regarding the interpretation of Job 38.2. Wilson argued that the question “Who is this…?” refers to Elihu rather than Job, indicating that Elihu’s speeches are original rather than additions to the book. Bimson refuted Wilcox’s interpretation by appealing to the content of the divine speeches and Job’s near quotation of 38.2 in 42.3. This article demonstrates the weaknesses in Bimson’s refutation by comparing the grammatical construction of the question in 38.2 to similar constructions elsewhere in the Old Testament and noting its context in the book of Job as a whole. This article concludes that Bimson’s refutation was unsuccessful, and that Wilcox’s argument merits further response. [article] Who Speaks Words without Knowledge? A Response to Wilcox and Bimson [texte imprimé] / C. L. Brinks, Auteur . - 2010 . - pp. 197-207. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal for the Study of the Old Testament > 35/2 (december 2010) . - pp. 197-207. Résumé : This article joins in a discussion between Karl G. Wilson and John J. Bimson regarding the interpretation of Job 38.2. Wilson argued that the question “Who is this…?” refers to Elihu rather than Job, indicating that Elihu’s speeches are original rather than additions to the book. Bimson refuted Wilcox’s interpretation by appealing to the content of the divine speeches and Job’s near quotation of 38.2 in 42.3. This article demonstrates the weaknesses in Bimson’s refutation by comparing the grammatical construction of the question in 38.2 to similar constructions elsewhere in the Old Testament and noting its context in the book of Job as a whole. This article concludes that Bimson’s refutation was unsuccessful, and that Wilcox’s argument merits further response.

Reversed (Chrono-)Logical Sequence in Isaiah 1-39 / Eric Ortlund in Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 35/2 (december 2010)

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal for the Study of the Old Testament > 35/2 (december 2010) . - pp. 209-224. Titre : Reversed (Chrono-)Logical Sequence in Isaiah 1-39 : Some Implications for Theories of Redaction Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Eric Ortlund, Auteur Année de publication : 2010 Article en page(s) : pp. 209-224. Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : This article examines a structural phenomenon in Isaiah 1—39 in which different sections of a prophecy are deliberately placed out of order either logically or chronologically. After an initial example from chs. 24—27, chs. 11, 30 and 2 are discussed. In each of these three cases, it is argued that later passages in the respective chapters (11.11-16, 30.27-33 and 2.6-22) describe necessary preconditions for the earlier passages (11.1-9, 30.18-26 and 2.1-5) to come into being—more specifically, YHWH's defeat of the nations must occur before creation is renewed, Israel dwells secure on Zion, and the nations come to worship there. The implications of this analysis for theories of the redaction of these three chapters are then considered, and a tentative conclusion reached that assignation of the various passages of these chapters to different centuries is less likely than hypothesizing a simpler compositional history, in which the different passages making up these chapters were written with each other in mind from the beginning. [article] Reversed (Chrono-)Logical Sequence in Isaiah 1-39 : Some Implications for Theories of Redaction [texte imprimé] / Eric Ortlund, Auteur . - 2010 . - pp. 209-224. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal for the Study of the Old Testament > 35/2 (december 2010) . - pp. 209-224. Résumé : This article examines a structural phenomenon in Isaiah 1—39 in which different sections of a prophecy are deliberately placed out of order either logically or chronologically. After an initial example from chs. 24—27, chs. 11, 30 and 2 are discussed. In each of these three cases, it is argued that later passages in the respective chapters (11.11-16, 30.27-33 and 2.6-22) describe necessary preconditions for the earlier passages (11.1-9, 30.18-26 and 2.1-5) to come into being—more specifically, YHWH's defeat of the nations must occur before creation is renewed, Israel dwells secure on Zion, and the nations come to worship there. The implications of this analysis for theories of the redaction of these three chapters are then considered, and a tentative conclusion reached that assignation of the various passages of these chapters to different centuries is less likely than hypothesizing a simpler compositional history, in which the different passages making up these chapters were written with each other in mind from the beginning.

The Shape of the Davidic Hope across the Book of the Twelve / Anthony R. Petterson in Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 35/2 (december 2010)

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal for the Study of the Old Testament > 35/2 (december 2010) . - pp. 225-246. Titre : The Shape of the Davidic Hope across the Book of the Twelve Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Anthony R. Petterson, Auteur Année de publication : 2010 Article en page(s) : pp. 225-246. Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : It has recently been argued that the Book of the Twelve reflects a variety of views concerning the restoration of the Davidic monarchy, including optimism in the early Persian period and later criticism. The interpretation of Zechariah 11 and the texts concerning Zerubbabel is critical in this. This article presents an interpretation of these texts which coheres with Zechariah and the Book of the Twelve. The shape of the Davidic hope across the Book of the Twelve is then traced and it is observed that the hope for a future king from the house of David occurs at key points. This suggests that those who collected the Twelve sought to preserve the earlier prophetic hope for a future Davidic king. [article] The Shape of the Davidic Hope across the Book of the Twelve [texte imprimé] / Anthony R. Petterson, Auteur . - 2010 . - pp. 225-246. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal for the Study of the Old Testament > 35/2 (december 2010) . - pp. 225-246. Résumé : It has recently been argued that the Book of the Twelve reflects a variety of views concerning the restoration of the Davidic monarchy, including optimism in the early Persian period and later criticism. The interpretation of Zechariah 11 and the texts concerning Zerubbabel is critical in this. This article presents an interpretation of these texts which coheres with Zechariah and the Book of the Twelve. The shape of the Davidic hope across the Book of the Twelve is then traced and it is observed that the hope for a future king from the house of David occurs at key points. This suggests that those who collected the Twelve sought to preserve the earlier prophetic hope for a future Davidic king.

Poetic Justice in Obadiah / Bradford A. Anderson in Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 35/2 (december 2010)

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal for the Study of the Old Testament > 35/2 (december 2010) . - pp. 247-255. Titre : Poetic Justice in Obadiah Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Bradford A. Anderson, Auteur Année de publication : 2010 Article en page(s) : pp. 247-255. Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : The book of Obadiah has long been recognized for its message of lex talionis. This is not, however, simply a theme of this short book. Rather, the present article argues that the idea that Edom’s deeds will return upon its head is embedded in the language of the book itself. This ‘poetic justice’ occurs in a series of word plays and allusions that can be traced throughout Obadiah. The word plays juxtapose the identities and futures of Edom and Judah, and allude in various ways to Edom’s coming reckoning. A recognition of these dimensions of the Hebrew text may help the reader more fully appreciate the rhetorical force and literary artistry of this shortest of prophetic books. [article] Poetic Justice in Obadiah [texte imprimé] / Bradford A. Anderson, Auteur . - 2010 . - pp. 247-255. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal for the Study of the Old Testament > 35/2 (december 2010) . - pp. 247-255. Résumé : The book of Obadiah has long been recognized for its message of lex talionis. This is not, however, simply a theme of this short book. Rather, the present article argues that the idea that Edom’s deeds will return upon its head is embedded in the language of the book itself. This ‘poetic justice’ occurs in a series of word plays and allusions that can be traced throughout Obadiah. The word plays juxtapose the identities and futures of Edom and Judah, and allude in various ways to Edom’s coming reckoning. A recognition of these dimensions of the Hebrew text may help the reader more fully appreciate the rhetorical force and literary artistry of this shortest of prophetic books.