Deuteronomy and the Emergence of Textual Authority in Jeremiah

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-16-154401-9
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, Band 87, 261 Seiten, Format (B × H): 237 mm x 157 mm, Gewicht: 426 g

Reihe: Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2. Reihe

The close relationship between Jeremiah and Deuteronomy has stood near the center of Jeremiah scholarship for over a century. Nathan Mastnjak brings new light to this phenomenon by subjecting every credible allusion to Deuteronomy in Jeremiah to detailed analysis with particular attention to interpretative processes and the dynamics of authority. By locating each allusion in the history of the composition of the book, the author traces a discernible shift in the perspective on Deuteronomy's authority. While early texts in Jeremiah allude to Deuteronomy as merely one prestigious literary work among others, it emerges as a religious textual authority in the later layers. These later layers construct and deploy Deuteronomy as an authority but are simultaneously constrained to transform it in the interest of religious innovation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mastnjak, Nathan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Mastnjak, Nathan
Born 1983; 2015 PhD, with honors, University of Chicago; currently Postdoctoral Fellow in Indiana University's Borns Jewish Studies Program.