J, E, and the Redaction of the Pentateuch (Forschungen Zum Alten Testament)

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Harvard University, 2007. Cover Dedication Page Acknowledgments Table of Contents Abbreviations Introduction Chapter One: The Scholarly Origins of JE Hermann Hupfeld Karl Heinrich Graf Abraham Kuenen Julius Wellhausen August Dillmann Eduard Riehm Conclusion Chapter Two: JE and the Documentary Hypothesis in the Twentieth Century Hermann Gunkel Gerhard von Rad and Martin Noth Rudolf Smend, Otto Eissfeldt, et al Paul Volz and Wilhelm Rudolph Rolf Rendtorff, et al Brevard Childs John Van Seters Richard E. Friedman Conclusion Chapter Three: The Relationship of D to J and E Deut 1:9–18: Appointing of judges Deut 1:19–45: The spies Deut 2:2–3:11: Edom, Sihon, and Og Deut 3:12–20: Apportioning the Transjordan Deut 4:10–14; 5:2–5, 19–28; 9:8–21, 25–10:5: Horeb Deut 8:15–16: Testing in the wilderness Deut 9:22–24: Additional examples of disobedience in the wilderness Deut 10:6–9: Travel and the Levites. Deut 11:2b–6: The acts of YHWH Deut 23:4–6: Ammonites, Moabites, and Balaam Deut 25:17–19: Amalek Deut 31:1–8: The authority of Joshua Conclusion Excursus: The Relationship of P to JE Chapter Four: RJE – The Reliance on the Redactor Factual Discrepancies Genesis 16:8–10 Genesis 21:32, 34 and 26:15, 18 Exodus 4:13–16, et al Exodus 34:1, 4 Exodus 32–34 Terminological Overlap Genesis 20:18 Genesis 28:21 Genesis 31:3 Exodus 3:7 Secondary Additions Exodus 3:14, 15* Exodus 4:21–23 Covenant Code expansions Deuteronomic affinities Patriarchal promises The Effect of the Expansion of the Redactor Patriarchal promises Exodus 32–34 Exodus 34:1, 4*, 28 Conclusion Chapter Five: The Singularity of the Redactor(s) Combining Documents Block Sequence Interweaving Texts Insertions Factual Corrections Genesis 33:18a Genesis 35:9 Genesis 39:1 Exodus 3:4 Exodus 34:29 Numbers 16:24, 27, 32 Derivative Additions Exodus 4:21 Numbers 13:26 Numbers 32:9, 11, 12 Numbers 32:33 Deuteronomy 1:39 Pattern Corrections Exodus 9:35, 10:20 Numbers 32:29, 30 Amalgamating Verses Exodus 31:18 Exodus 34:4 Numbers 13:26 Conclusion Chapter Six: Unstated Assumptions Underlying the JE Theory Conclusion Bibliography Index of Biblical Citations Index of Authors Cited Hauptbeschreibung Joel S. Baden addresses the relationship between the J and E documents in the Pentateuch. He demonstrates that, contrary to the standard claims of classical source criticism, the J and E sources were never combined into a "JE" document. Rather, these two sources were combined with each other at the same time that they were combined with the P and D documents, in one process of redaction. After investigating the history of scholarly arguments regarding the existence and combination of J and E, the author goes on to argue in detail for the dependence of D on the separate, independent narratives of J and, primarily, E. Significant attention is paid to the issue of redaction. In particular, Baden critiques the manner in which passages have traditionally been attributed to redactors, and argues for a more restrictive concept of the redactor and his work. It is further argued that the literary evidence in the Pentateuch provides for the existence of only a single redactor, to whom the compilation of all four sources of the Pentateuch is to be attributed. In the course of this study, a number of important questions regarding the composition of the Pentateuch are addressed: the existence of E, the relationship between D and the narratives of Genesis-Numbers, and the nature of the redactor. In the end, this study stands as both a critique of traditional documentary analysis of the Pentateuch and a defense of its fundamental claims Joel S. Baden Addresses The Composition Of The Pentateuch, Particularly The Manner In Which Its Constituent Sources Were Combined To Produce The Final Product. This Study Stands As Both A Critique Of Traditional Documentary Analysis Of The Pentateuch And A Defense Of Its Fundamental Claims.--jacket. The Scholarly Origins Of Je -- Je And The Documentary Hypothesis In The Twentieth Century -- The Relationship Of D To J And E -- The Relationship Of P To Je -- The Singularity Of The Redactor(s) -- Unstated Assumptions Underlying The Je Theory. Joel S. Baden. Revision Of The Author's Thesis (doctoral)--harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [315]-325) And Indexes.