Joshua 24 and the so-called Hexateuch redaction: a reassessment
Joshua 24 is generally assumed to be the concluding chapter of a Hexateuch. Several texts in Genesis and Exodus are indeed taken up in Joshua 24. In recent times, these texts have generally been assigned to a post-Priestly layer of redaction. In this essay, I argue that the direction of influence ru...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Unisa Press
2018
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| In: |
Journal for semitics
Year: 2018, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-25 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Josua 24
/ Redaktionsgeschichtliche Schule
/ Samaritans
/ Bible. Genesis 34
/ Bible. Genesis 35,1-5
/ Bible. Exodus 13,19
/ Journalistic editing
/ Bible. Pentateuch, Bible. Pentateuch
/ Bible. Hexateuch
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Post-Priestly
B Shechem B Samaritans B Pentateuch B Bible. Josua 24 B Hexateuch redaction |
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| Summary: | Joshua 24 is generally assumed to be the concluding chapter of a Hexateuch. Several texts in Genesis and Exodus are indeed taken up in Joshua 24. In recent times, these texts have generally been assigned to a post-Priestly layer of redaction. In this essay, I argue that the direction of influence runs from Joshua 24 to the books of Genesis and Exodus, instead of linearly from Genesis-Exodus to Joshua. I propose that Genesis 34 and 35:1–4 reacts to the assumed pro-Samaritan viewpoint of Joshua 24. Furthermore, I postulate that Genesis 33:18–20, 50:24–26, and Exodus 13:19 aim to explain the unique traditions in Joshua 24.This emphasises the theological importance of Joshua 24 in the debatesurrounding the Samaritan identity in post-exilic times, while reassessing theliterary question surrounding a Hexateuch redaction. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for semitics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.25159/1013-8471/3007 HDL: 10520/EJC-12281204ec |