RT Article
T1 "It was at that time that ...": The rhetorical use of the formula בעת ההוא in Deuteronomy
JF Zeitschrift für altorientalische und biblische Rechtsgeschichte
VO 26
SP 265
OP 281
A1 Sonnet, Jean-Pierre 1955-
LA English
PB Harrassowitz
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1742093825
AB In fifteen instances between Deut 1 and 10, the Deuteronomic Moses makes use of the formula "At that time (בעת ההוא)". In Deuteronomy, the phrase functions as a rhetorical marker, pertaining to Moses’ art of (re)telling. It announces what could be termed "authoritative secondary disclosures": Moses reveals what was not told before in the way it is now presented. The formula could be paraphrased "It was (actually) at that time that ...", and it signals the filling of gaps in the overall fabula of Israel’s journey in the desert.
K1 blq
DO 10.13173/zeitaltobiblrech.26.2020.0265