The Call of Moses and the Exodus Story

A Redactional-Critical Study in Exodus 3-4 and 5-13
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-16-152726-5
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 232 mm x 157 mm, Gewicht: 445 g

Reihe: Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe

Jaeyoung Jeon examines and assesses recently suggested models for the formation of the Pentateuch through a redactional-critical analysis of the Call of Moses (Exod. 3-4) and the Exodus story (Exod. 5-13). He observes that Exod. 3-4 was formed through a series of stages of Deuteronomistic composition and redaction, to which some post-Priestly additions were made. Comparative analysis suggests that the elements of Deuteronomistic formation precede P and that the direction of influence is from the non-P narrative (Exod. 3-4) to the P call narrative (Exod. 6). Jeon also shows that although some of the literary layers in Exod. 3-4 extend through the Exodus story (Exod. 5-13), the present form of the latter has been shaped by a post-Deuteronomistic but pre-Priestly composition based on an earlier proto-Exodus story. He therefore concludes that the Pentateuch or Hexateuch might be the product of a more complicated process of development than the current models describe.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jeon, Jaeyoung

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Jeon, Jaeyoung
Born 1972; 2004 MA from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rothberg International School; 2012 PhD from Tel Aviv University; since 2013 SNSF Senior Researcher at the Université de Lausanne.

Jaeyoung Jeon
Born 1972; 2004 MA from Hebrew University, Rothberg School (Jerusalem, Israel); 2012 PhD from Tel-Aviv University (Tel-Aviv, Israel); since 2013 Senior Researcher at the Université de Lausanne (Lausanne, Switzerland).