Sources of the Pentateuch: Text, Introduction, Annotations - Softcover

Campbell, Antony

 
9780800627010: Sources of the Pentateuch: Text, Introduction, Annotations

Synopsis

Here are indispensable tools for the student of Pentateuchal source analysis:The complete NRSV text of the Priestly document, the Yahwist narrative, the Elohist texts, and non-source texts of the Pentateuch as identified by Martin NothIntroductions that review the history of source-oriented research and the current debate over the origin and growth of the PentateuchAnnotations that help with the understanding of source-critical decisionsStudies of three composite texts that exemplify the nature of the problem and possible approaches to a solution.

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About the Author

Antony F. Campbell, S.J. is Professor of Old Testament at Jesuit Theological College, Melbourne, Australia. He is author of numerous works including A Study Companion to Old Testament Literature (2nd ed.; 1992).

From the Back Cover

This book presents the whole of the Pentateuch as what it first of all for the reader--and where every interpretation must begin--as literature, especially as a part of the history of ancient Israel's literature.

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