Theme of the Pentateuch

Theme of the Pentateuch
ISBN-10
0567431967
ISBN-13
9780567431967
Category
Religion
Pages
178
Language
English
Published
1997-01-08
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Author
David J. A. Clines

Description

This popular textbook regards the Pentateuch as a literary whole, with a single theme that binds it together. The overarching theme is the partial fulfilment of the promises to the patriarchs. Though the method of the book is holistic, the origin and growth of the theme is also explored using the methods of traditional source analysis. An important chapter explores the theological function of the Pentateuch both in the community for which the Pentateuch was first composed and in our own time. For this second, enlarged edition, the author has written an Epilogue reassessing the theme of the Pentateuch from a more current postmodern perspective.

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