The book's point of departure is the return from the Exile, which
is presented as an opportunity for Jews, primarly those in Judah,
to interpret anew the relationship between God and Israel. The
relationship had traditionally been thought of as a covenant, and
central to the book's thesis is that post-exilic writers used a
paradigm that was essentially that of the pre-exilic Mosiac
covenant, i.e. a pact between God and humanity conditioned by the
latter's observance of the law. The first part of the book
describes the process whereby the Mosaic covenant was renovated and
its content brought up to date. In this discussion, familiar topoi
of Second Temple Judaism such as penitential prayer, creation
theology, and kinship ethos are shown to be integral to a
contemporary concept of creation. The second part of the book
explores a paradox. On the one hand, the fact that the Mosaic
covenant was articulated in the discourse of kinship marked it with
an insularity that in turn made this covenant attractive to
sectarian groups. Here, evidence is adduced largely from the Dead
Sea Scrolls. On the other hand, as the dominant paradigm the Mosaic
covenant had ascribed to it a high level of normativity, as seen in
the work of tradents such as the Priestly editors and the author of
Jubilees. Ultimately, the Mosaic covenant was invoked at the center
and the periphery as both a normative theological concept and a
cipher to sectarian self-identity. The book concludes that by the
end of the Second Temple period, although the Mosiac covenant was
normative in terms of a covenantal nomism that was incumbent upon
the Jews, the covenant's sectarian tendenz made its precepts
non-binding and optional.
General
| Imprint: |
T. & T. Clark
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies |
| Release date: |
September 2019 |
| Authors: |
Richard J Bautch
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 11mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
192 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-567-69206-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-567-69206-X |
| Barcode: |
9780567692061 |
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