Buch, Französisch, Band Volume 171, 380 Seiten
Reihe: Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis
Buch, Französisch, Band Volume 171, 380 Seiten
Reihe: Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis
ISBN: 978-3-7278-1259-0
Verlag: Peeters Publishers
This philological and literary study of Genesis 49 argues – against a
widely held scholarly opinion – that the so-called blessings of Jacob do
not represent original documents of Israel’s tribal tradition but rather
belong to the final stage of the redaction of the book of Genesis and of
the Pentateuch. An analysis of the other Old Testament “tribal systems”
shows that the notion of a Twelve-Tribes Israel originated little
earlier than the exile (6th century B.C.).
Jacob’s sayings adressing his twelve sons are products of two different
authors: Verses 13–21 go back to a North Israelite source from the time
of the Omrides. This source was the only extrabiblical document used by
the second and main author who wrote during the Persian period of Judah.
