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When God Wanted to Destroy the Chosen People - Biblical Traditions and Theology on the Move (Hardcover)
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When God Wanted to Destroy the Chosen People - Biblical Traditions and Theology on the Move (Hardcover)
Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
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According to narratives in the Bible the threats of the people's
end come from various sources, but the most significant threat
comes, as learned from the Pentateuch, from God himself. What is
the theological meaning of this tradition? In what circumstances
did it evolve? How did it stand alongside other theological and
socio-political concepts known to the ancient authors and their
diverse audience? The book employs a diachronic method that
explores the stages of the tradition's formation and development,
revealing the authors' exegetical purposes and ploys, and tracing
the historical realities of their time. The book proposes that the
motif of the threat of destruction existed in various forms prior
to the creation of the stories recorded in the final text of the
Pentateuch. The inclusion of the motif within specific literary
contexts attenuated the concept of destruction by presenting it as
a phenomenon of specific moments in the past. Nevertheless, the
threat was resurrected repeatedly by various authors, for use as a
precedent or a justification for present affliction.
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