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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David McLain Carr |
| ISBN: | 9780199742608 019974260X |
| OCLC Number: | 671916759 |
| Description: | xii, 524 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction : the oral-written model and the formation of the Hebrew Bible -- Variants and evidence of oral-written transmission of Israelite literature -- Documented cases of transmission history, Part 1 : two cases -- Documented cases of transmission history, Part 2 : broader trends -- From documented growth to method in reconstruction of growth -- The Hasmonean period : finalization of Scripture in an increasingly Greek world -- The Hellenistic period up to the Hasmonean monarchy : priestly and diaspora textuality -- The Persian period : textuality of Persian-sponsored returnees -- The Babylonian exile : trauma, diaspora, and the transition to post-monarchal textuality -- Bible for exiles : the reshaping of stories about Israel's earliest history -- Textuality under empire : reflexes of Neo-Assyrian domination -- From the Neo-Assyrian to Hasmonean periods : preliminary conclusions and outlook -- Early highland states and evidence for literary textuality in them -- Royal psalms : locating Judah and Israel's early pro-royal literature -- Proverbs and Israel's early oral-written curriculum -- Other supposedly Solomonic books : Song of songs and Qohelet -- Other biblical texts potentially from the early monarchal period -- Toward a new picture of early monarchal texts in the Hebrew Bible. |
| Responsibility: | David M. Carr. |
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<br>"David Carr lays out a highly original method for reconstructing the literary history of the Hebrew Bible. On the one hand, he sets forth a paradigm of oral transmission assisted by writing in which memorization plays a central role. On the other, he looks for signs of early literature in such unconventional places as Psalms and the Song of Songs. Refreshingly, Carr bases his proposals on comparative and historical evidence. A major challenge to current trends on both right and left and a remarkable contribution, sure to make a strong and lasting impact." <br>--Edward L. Greenstein, Professor of Biblical Studies and Straus Distinguished Scholar, Bar-Ilan University, Israel <br><p><br>"David M. Carr offers an exciting new overview of the historical development of the Hebrew Bible. Based upon his extensive knowledge of the biblical texts, scholarship, and the process of writing in the ancient world, Carr posits a model that traces the composition of the Hebrew Bible from monarchic times through the Hasmonean period. Carr's volume will be essential reading for all concerned with Hebrew Bible studies." <br>--Marvin A. Sweeney, Professor of Hebrew Bible, Claremont School of Theology <br><p><br>"David Carr's new book is a fresh approach to a highly debated problem, the formation of the Hebrew Bible. His prudent methodology is founded in observations on ancient Israel's and Judah's cultural history and bases its reconstructions on documented cases of transmission history. The result is an innovative and intriguing picture of how the Hebrew Bible came about, a discussion embedded in the most recent debates of global scholarship." <br>-- Konrad Schmid, Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism, University of Zurich, Switzerland<p><br>"David Carr's Formation of the Hebrew Bible is a fascinating synthesis of his former studies on this topic. Starting with an elaborate and well-documented methodological prologue, his reconstruction of the history of the formation of the Read more...
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