UID:
almafu_9959234673002883
Format:
1 online resource (xxvi, 206 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-107-17275-6
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1-281-77563-0
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9786611775636
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0-511-42361-6
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0-511-49902-7
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0-511-42409-4
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0-511-42242-3
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0-511-42176-1
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0-511-42308-X
Content:
This book examines the doctrine of transgenerational punishment found in the Decalogue - the idea that God punishes sinners vicariously, extending the punishment due them to three or four generations of their progeny. Although a 'God-given' law, the unfairness of punishing innocent people in this way was clearly recognized in ancient Israel. A series of inner-biblical and post-biblical responses to the rule demonstrates that later writers were able to criticize, reject, and replace this doctrine with the notion of individual retribution. Supporting further study, it includes a valuable bibliographical essay on the distinctive approach of inner-biblical exegesis, showing the contributions of European, Israeli, and North American scholars. This Cambridge release represents a major revision and expansion of the French edition, L'Herméneutique de l'innovation: Canon et exégèse dans l'Israël biblique, nearly doubling its length with extensive content and offering alternative perspectives on debates about canonicity, textual authority, and authorship.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Biblical studies as the meeting point of the humanities -- Rethinking the relation between "canon" and "exegesis" -- The problem of innovation within the formative canon -- The reworking of the principle of transgenerational punishment: four case studies -- The canon as sponsor of innovation -- The phenomenon of rewriting within the Hebrew Bible: a bibliographic essay on inner-biblical exegesis in the history of scholarship.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-17191-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-51344-8
Language:
English
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