The Pentateuch as Torah

The Pentateuch as Torah

by Gary N. Knoppers, Bernard M. Levinson

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"This interdisciplinary collection of essays on the promulgation of the Pentateuch and its acceptance as authoritative Torah includes contributions from international specialists on the Hebrew Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint, Samaritan history, colonial theory, Mediterranean studies, the Elephantine Island texts, and comparative legal history. The material gathered here is a state-of-the-art presentation of the issues, raising new questions and seeking new answers." "The book includes a substantive introduction that pulls the various contributions together and places them in the broader context of recent work on the propagation and acceptance of the Pentateuch as a prestigious writing in the late Persian and early Hellenistic periods."--book jacket.

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    How does shifting our perspective from viewing the Pentateuch purely as a religious text to understanding it as an authoritative civic and legal document change your appreciation of ancient history?

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    The essays in this collection explore how diverse communities—from Elephantine to Samaria—negotiated identity during the Persian and Hellenistic periods; how do you maintain a distinct cultural or spiritual identity during times of immense geopolitical change in your own life?

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    In what ways does the interdisciplinary approach of this book—combining archaeology, legal history, and textual criticism—challenge or enrich your previous understanding of how ancient scriptures were compiled and promulgated?

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