The broken structure of the Moses story: or, Moses and the Jerusalem temple
Close examination of the biblical myth of Exodus shows that the reasons for the punishment of forty years of wandering in the wilderness are far from clear. Furthermore, there is no reference to Moses' fault, causing his death before accomplishment of his life duty, i.e. bringing Israel to the...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2009
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Scandinavian journal of the Old Testament
Year: 2009, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 23-37 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Moses
/ Historicity
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Myth
B Temple B Exodus B Moses |
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| Summary: | Close examination of the biblical myth of Exodus shows that the reasons for the punishment of forty years of wandering in the wilderness are far from clear. Furthermore, there is no reference to Moses' fault, causing his death before accomplishment of his life duty, i.e. bringing Israel to the Promised Land. In addition, the narratological analysis of the Exodus account points to the fact that Moses' death in Moab breaks the logical (i.e., I posit, original) structure of the story. One could envisage a coherent narrative according to which Moses succeeds in entering Canaan.¶The aforementioned reasoning and a few other biblical (e.g., 1 Sam 12,8) and extra-biblical hints may suggest a reason of the breaking of the narrative structure. This paper aims at reconstructing the original form of the Exodus story, according to which Moses not only enters Canaan but also founds the temple in Jerusalem, as Hecateus of Abdera puts it. |
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| ISSN: | 0901-8328 |
| Contains: | In: Scandinavian journal of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09018320902853731 |