| CONTENTS |
page |
| Preface |
15 |
| Abbreviations |
19 |
| PART ONE THE OLD TESTAMENT: INTRODUCTION |
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| I THE DISCIPLINE OF OLD TESTAMENT INTRODUCTION |
27 |
| 1 The History of the Discipline |
30 |
| 2 A Critique of the Historical Critical Introduction |
39 |
| 3 Old Testament Introduction and the Canon |
41 |
| II THE PROBLEM OF THE CANON |
46 |
| 1 Terminology |
49 |
| 2 The Traditional View of the Canon and its Demise |
51 |
| 3 The Nineteenth-century Historical Consensus and its Erosion |
52 |
| 4 The Search for a New Consensus |
54 |
| 5 A New Attempt at Understanding the Canon |
57 |
| 6 The Relation between the Literary and Canonical Histories |
60 |
| 7 A Sketch of the Development of the Hebrew Canon |
62 |
| 8 Summary and Implications |
67 |
| III CANON AND CRITICISM |
69 |
| 1 Exegesis in a Canonical Context |
72 |
| 2 The Canonical Approach Contrasted with Others |
74 |
| 3 The Final Form of the Text and its Prehistory |
75 |
| 4 The Canonical Process and the Shaping of Scripture |
77 |
| 5 Scripture and Tradition |
80 |
| 6 Canon and Interpretation |
82 |
| I TEXT AND CANON |
84 |
| 1 The Nature of the Problem |
88 |
| 2 History of the Discipline |
89 |
| 3 The Goals of Old Testament Textual Criticism |
92 |
| 4 Canon and Text |
94 |
| 5 Goal and Method of a Canonical Approach to Text Criticism |
96 |
| 6 Masoretic Text and Canonical Text |
100 |
| 7 The Pre-stabilization Period in Old Testament Textual History |
101 |
| 8 The Text-critical Task |
103 |
| PART TWO |
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| THE PENTATEUCH |
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| II INTRODUCTION TO THE PENTATEUCH |
109 |
| 1 The History of Modern Critical Research |
112 |
| 2 The Present State of Critical Debate on the Pentateuch |
119 |
| 3 The Canonical Shape of the Pentateuch |
127 |
| III GENESIS |
136 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
140 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Genesis |
145 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
157 |
| IV EXODUS |
161 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
164 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Exodus |
170 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
176 |
| V LEVITICUS |
180 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
182 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Leviticus |
184 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
187 |
| VI NUMBERS |
190 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
192 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Numbers |
194 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
199 |
| I DEUTERONOMY |
202 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
204 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Deuteronomy |
211 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
224 |
| PART THREE |
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| THE FORMER PROPHETS |
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| II INTRODUCTION TO THE FORMER PROPHETS |
229 |
| 1 Introduction to the Historical Critical Problems |
230 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of the Former Prophets |
232 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
236 |
| III JOSHUA |
239 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
241 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Joshua |
244 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
252 |
| IV JUDGES |
254 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
256 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Judges |
258 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
261 |
| V SAMUEL |
263 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
266 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Samuel |
271 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
278 |
| VI KINGS |
281 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
285 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Kings |
287 |
| 3 The Problem of Chronology in the Books of Kings |
294 |
| 4 Hermeneutical Implications of Canonical Shaping |
300 |
| PART FOUR |
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| THE LATTER PROPHETS |
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| I INTRODUCTION TO THE LATTER |
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| PROPHETS |
305 |
| II ISAIAH |
311 |
| 1 The Historical Approach to the Book of Isaiah |
316 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of the Book of Isaiah |
325 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
336 |
| III JEREMIAH |
339 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
342 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Jeremiah |
347 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
353 |
| IV EZEKIEL |
355 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
357 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Ezekiel |
360 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
371 |
| THE BOOK OF THE TWELVE |
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| V HOSEA |
373 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
374 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Hosea |
377 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
383 |
| VI JOEL |
385 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
386 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Joel |
389 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
392 |
| VII AMOS |
395 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
397 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Amos |
399 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
409 |
| VIII OBADIAH |
411 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
412 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Obadiah |
414 |
| 3 'Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
415 |
| I JONAH |
417 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
419 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Jonah |
421 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
426 |
| II MICAH |
428 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
429 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Micah |
431 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
438 |
| III NAHUM |
440 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
441 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Nahum |
443 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
445 |
| IV HABAKKUK |
447 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
448 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Habakkuk |
451 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
454 |
| V ZEPHANIAH |
457 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
458 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Zephaniah |
459 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
461 |
| VI HAGGAI |
463 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
464 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Haggai |
467 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
470 |
| VII ZECHARIAH |
472 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
474 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Zechariah |
476 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
485 |
| VIII MALACHI |
488 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
489 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Malachi |
491 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
497 |
| PART FIVE |
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| THE WRITINGS |
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| I INTRODUCTION TO THE WRITINGS |
501 |
| II THE PSALMS |
504 |
| 1 The Impact of the Critical Approach on the Psalter |
508 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of the Psalter |
511 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
522 |
| III JOB |
526 |
| 1 The Present Impasse in the Study of Job |
528 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of the Book of Job |
533 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
543 |
| IV PROVERBS |
545 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
547 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Proverbs |
551 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
557 |
| V RUTH |
560 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
561 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of the Book of Ruth |
564 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
567 |
| VI SONG OF SONGS |
569 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
571 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of the Song of Songs |
573 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
578 |
| VII ECCLESIASTES |
580 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
581 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Ecclesiastes |
583 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
588 |
| VIII LAMENTATIONS |
590 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
591 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Lamentations |
593 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
596 |
| ESTHER |
598 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
599 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of the Book of Esther |
603 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
606 |
| XU DANIEL |
608 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
611 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of the Book of Daniel |
613 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
621 |
| XLII EZRA AND NEHEMIAH |
624 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
626 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Ezra-Nehemiah |
630 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
637 |
| XLII I CHRONICLES |
639 |
| 1 Historical Critical Problems |
641 |
| 2 The Canonical Shape of Chronicles |
643 |
| 3 Theological and Hermeneutical Implications |
654 |
| PART SIX |
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| CONCLUSION |
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| XLIV THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES AND THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE |
659 |
| Index of Authors |
672 |