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The meaning of the Pentateuch : revelation, composition, and interpretation / John H. Sailhamer.

Sailhamer, John.
2009
222.106 S132m 2009
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Title
The meaning of the Pentateuch : revelation, composition, and interpretation / John H. Sailhamer.
Author
Sailhamer, John.
ISBN
9780830838677 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0830838678 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint
Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2009.
Language
English
Description
632 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
222.106 S132m 2009
System Control No.
(OCoLC)424558146
(OCoLC)424558146
Summary
John Sailhamer sums up his perspective on the Pentateuch by first settling the hermeneutical question of where we should set our attention. Rather than focus on the history behind the text, Sailhamer is convinced that it is the text itself that should be our primary focus. Along the way he demonstrates that this was in fact the focus of many interpreters in the precritical era. --from publisher description
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
Approaching the text as revelation
Understanding the nature and goal of Old Testament theology
Finding the author's verbal meaning
What is the "historical meaning" of biblical texts?
Finding the big idea in the final composition of the text
Rediscovering the composition of the Pentateuch within the Tanak
Textual strategies within the Tanak
The composition of the Pentateuch
Exploring the composition of legal material in the Pentateuch
Interpreting the theology of the Pentateuch
The nature of covenant and blessing in the Pentateuch
Is there a "biblical Jesus" of the Pentateuch?
The purpose of the mosaic law in the Pentateuch
The theme of salvation in the Pentateuch.
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