Traditions at Odds
The Reception of the Pentateuch in Biblical and Second Temple Period Literature
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Chapter One: Introduction and Statement of Purpose
Chapter Two Methodology
Critique of the Linear Model of Composition
Alternatives to a Linear Model
Methodology
A Note about Second Temple Period Literature
Chapter Three: Festivals and Holidays
A Theory of Ritual
Festivals and Holidays in the Bible
Pesach and Matsoth
Sukkoth
Sabbath
Festivals and Holidays in the Second Temple Period
Conclusion
Chapter Four: Non-Pentateuchal Historical Retrospectives
The Bible and Historiography
Non-Pentateuchal Historiographic Texts
Psalm 78
Psalm 105
The Plagues in Psalms 78 and 105
Psalm 106
Joshua 24
Ezekiel 20
Nehemiah 9
Historiography in the Second Temple Period
Ben Sira 44-45
The Genesis Apocryphon
The Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum of Pseudo-Philo
"Competitive Historiography" of Jewish-Hellenistic Historians
The Book of Jubilees
Conclusion
Chapter Five: The Pentateuch as Torah
The Role of Literacy in the Ancient World
"Direct Citations" of "Instruction"
Deuteronomic Literature
Prophetic Literature
Post-Exilic Historiographic Texts
"Instruction" in the Psalms and Wisdom Literature
Competing Conceptions of "Instruction" in the Second Temple Period
Conclusion
Chapter Six: A Look Ahead
Bibliography
Scripture Index
Author Index