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Priestly Lineages In History And Rhetoric, James W. Watts
Priestly Lineages In History And Rhetoric, James W. Watts
Religion - All Scholarship
A comparison of Cross’s reconstruction of the Oniad high priestly line with his Mushite theory lays the basis for re-evaluating historical scholarships’ interest in ancient Jewish priestly families. In the religious politics of the Second Temple period, the Aaronide priestly dynasties were the Mushite priesthood. Differentiating priestly families earlier in Israel’s history raises questions about methodology and purpose as well as evidence.
Narrative, Lists, Rhetoric, Ritual And The Pentateuch As A Scripture, James W. Watts
Narrative, Lists, Rhetoric, Ritual And The Pentateuch As A Scripture, James W. Watts
Religion - All Scholarship
The Pentateuchʼs juxtaposition of different genres within a narrative framework provides some of the evidence for building source- and redaction-critical theories of the Pentateuchʼs literary history. Rhetorical analysis suggests, however, that such genre juxtapositions are characteristic of an ancient Near Eastern strategy of persuasion. The Pentateuchʼs inset genres, especially its lists of instructions and laws, generated most of its normative force that, together with its ritualization, led to its scripturalization as Torah.