The Vision of the Priestly Narrative: Its Genre and Hermeneutics of Time

637 Pages·2016·4.21 MB·English

by  Suzanne Boorer

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The Vision of The PriesTly narraTiVe
ancienT israel and iTs liTeraTure
Thomas c. römer, General editor
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The Vision of The PriesTly narraTiVe
its Genre and hermeneutics of Time
by
suzanne Boorer
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Time present and time past
are both … present in time future,
and time future contained in time past
T. s. eliot, “Burnt norton,” “The four Quartets”

contents
acknowledgements ..........................................................................................xi
abbreviations .................................................................................................xiii
1. introduction ................................................................................................1
1.1. history of interpretation 2
1.1.1. Preliminary considerations 2
1.1.2. survey of Views of the interpretation of P as a Whole 10
1.2.3. conclusions 33
1.2. establishing the Parameters 34
1.2.1. an originally separate source (Pg) 43
1.2.2. definition and extent of Pg 47
1.2.3. did Pg Know non-P? 90
1.2.4. dating 100
1.2.5. conclusions 104
1.3. Task and approach 105
2. The structure of Pg.................................................................................109
2.1. attempts at structuring Pg 109
2.1.1. survey of Views 109
2.1.2. conclusions 129
2.2. Proposed structure 131
2.2.1. Macrostructure 131
2.2.2. linear Trajectory 140
2.2.3. Parallels 164
2.2.4. The interrelation of Parallels and Trajectory 170
3. The Genre and hermeneutics of Pg .....................................................175
3.1. a survey of interpretations in relation to Genre 176
3.1.1. lohfink, Blum, Janowski, fritz, Blenkinsopp, and
carr on the Generic nature of the Priestly Material 176
viii conTenTs
3.1.2. Genre development in ancient near eastern and
Greek Texts: The Views of damrosch and Van seters 188
3.1.3. Van seters, damrosch, and Gorman on the Generic
nature of the Priestly Material 197
3.2. a critique of Views regarding the Generic nature of
the Priestly Material 203
3.3. conclusions regarding the Generic nature of Pg, its
hermeneutics of Time, and function 210
4. The Paradigmatic nature of the scenarios within Pg’s story
of the nation and Their hermeneutics of Time .................................217
4.1. exodus 7–14* 218
4.1.1. The Paradigmatic nature of exodus 12*: The
liturgical/ritual centerpiece 220
4.1.2. The Paradigmatic nature of the narrative frame:
exodus 7–11*; 14* 241
4.1.3. The interaction of the ritual centerpiece and
narrative frame 279
4.1.4. conclusion: The complex Paradigmatic Picture
of exodus 7–14* as a Whole 291
4.2. exodus 16–numbers 27* 294
4.2.1. The Paradigmatic nature of exodus 24*; 25–29*;
39–40*: The sinai Pericope as ritual centerpiece 294
4.2.2. The Paradigmatic nature of the narrative frame:
exodus 16*; numbers 13–14*; 20*; 27* 375
4.2.3. The interaction of the centerpiece and narrative
frame 408
4.2.4. conclusion: The complex Paradigmatic Picture
of exodus 16–numbers 27* as a Whole 425
4.3. exodus 1:13–7:7* 426
4.4. The combination of exodus 7–14* and exodus 16–
numbers 27* 447
4.4.1. numbers 13*–14*; 20*; 27* as reversing
exodus 1–40* 447
4.4.2. The consequent Picture 450
5. The interpretation of the story of the nation within Pg as
a Whole, its Trajectory, and Parallels, in light of its
hermeneutics of Time ...........................................................................455
conTenTs ix
5.1. The Paradigmatic nature of the historiographical
Trajectory of the Promises in the story of the nation
and its ancestors in Genesis 11:27–numbers 27:14* 457
5.1.1. Pg’s Picture in Genesis 11:27–50:13*; exodus 1:1–5, 7 458
5.1.2. Pg’s Paradigmatic Trajectory in the unfolding of the
ancestral Promises in Genesis 11:27–numbers 27:14* 474
5.2. The historiographic and Paradigmatic nature of the
cosmic Backdrop in Genesis 1–9* and the Transition
from the World to abraham in Genesis 10:1–11:26* 488
5.2.1. Pg’s Picture in Genesis 1:1–11:26* 488
5.2.2. The historiographic and Paradigmatic nature of
Genesis 1:1–11:26* 496
5.3. conclusion: The historiographic and Paradigmatic
nature of Pg as a Whole 500
6. conclusion: embodying the World of the Text, cognitively,
existentially, and through ritual Praxis, or not ................................503
6.1. Genesis 1:1–11:26* 505
6.2. Genesis 11:27–exodus 1:7* 508
6.3. exodus 1:13–7:7* 515
6.4. exodus 7:8–14:29* 519
6.5. exodus 15–numbers 27* 531
Bibliography ...................................................................................................563
appendix: Texts constituting the Priestly narrative ................................583
index of Biblical references .........................................................................585
index of Modern authors.............................................................................613