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4 - Genesis in Form and Tradition Criticism Today

from Part I - Composition and Structure of Genesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2022

By
Christoph Levin
Edited by
Bill T. Arnold
Bill T. Arnold
Affiliation:
Asbury Theological Seminary, Kentucky
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Summary

Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the book of Genesis has increasingly come to be studied in terms of form and genre as well as of the history of tradition. One of the reasons was Hermann Gunkel’s epochal commentary on Genesis, published in 1901, which was soon to become authoritative.1 Gunkel’s often-quoted statement that “Genesis is a collection of legends”2 (“Die Genesis ist eine Sammlung von Sagen”) determined the path future research would take, though he had not meant to say that Genesis was only that.

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The Cambridge Companion to Genesis , pp. 74 - 98
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Van Seters, John. Abraham in History and Tradition. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1975.Google Scholar
Westermann, Claus. “Arten der Erzählung in der Genesis.” Pages 9–91 in Forschung am Alten Testament: Gesammelte Studien. TB 24. Munich: Kaiser, 1964.Google Scholar
Blum, Erhard. Die Komposition der Vätergeschichte. WMANT 57. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1984.Google Scholar
Carr, David M. Writing on the Tablet of the Heart: Origins of Scripture and Literature. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gertz, Jan Christian. “Antibabylonische Polemik im priesterlichen Schöpfungsbericht?” ZTK 106 (2009): 137–55.Google Scholar
Gunkel, Hermann. Genesis: Translated and Interpreted. Translated by Mark E. Biddle. Mercer Library of Biblical Studies. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1997. Translation of Genesis übersetzt und erklärt. HKAT 1.1. 3rd revised edition. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1910.Google Scholar
Köckert, Matthias. Vätergott und Väterverheißungen: Eine Auseinandersetzung mit Albrecht Alt und seinen Erben. FRLANT 142. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1988.Google Scholar
Levin, Christoph. “Gerechtigkeit Gottes in der Genesis.” Pages 347–57 in Studies in the Book of Genesis: Literature, Redaction and History. Edited by Wénin., André BETL 155. Leuven: Peeters, 2001.Google Scholar
Levin, Christoph. Der Jahwist. FRLANT 157. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1993.Google Scholar
Levin, Christoph. “Das System der zwölf Stämme Israels.” Pages 163–78 in Congress Volume: Paris, 1992. Edited by Emerton, John A.. VTSup 61. Leiden: Brill, 1995.Google Scholar
Levin, Christoph. “Tatbericht und Wortbericht in der priesterschriftlichen Schöpfungserzählung.” ZTK 91 (1994): 115–33.Google Scholar
Mowinckel, Sigmund. “Das ätiologische Denken.” Pages 78–86 in Tetrateuch – Pentateuch – Hexateuch: Die Berichte über die Landnahme in den drei altisraelitischen Geschichtswerken. BZAW 90. Berlin: Töpelmann, 1964.Google Scholar
Nõmmik, Urmas. Die Vätererzählungen im Lichte höfischer Erzählkunst: Motivkritische Studien zu den Überlieferungen von Lot, Isaak, Rebekka und Jakob. FAT. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2022 (forthcoming).Google Scholar
Seeligmann, Isaac Leo. “Ätiologische Elemente in der biblischen Geschichtsschreibung.” Pages 77–118 in Gesammelte Studien zur Hebräischen Bibel. Edited by Blum, Erhard. FAT 41. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2004.Google Scholar
Smend, Rudolf. “Elements of Historical Thinking in the Old Testament.” Pages 73–98 in “The Unconquered Land” and Other Old Testament Essays: Selected Studies. Translated by Margaret Kohl. Farnham: Ashgate, 2013.Google Scholar
Van Seters, John. Abraham in History and Tradition. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1975.Google Scholar
Westermann, Claus. “Arten der Erzählung in der Genesis.” Pages 9–91 in Forschung am Alten Testament: Gesammelte Studien. TB 24. Munich: Kaiser, 1964.Google Scholar
Blum, Erhard. Die Komposition der Vätergeschichte. WMANT 57. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1984.Google Scholar
Carr, David M. Writing on the Tablet of the Heart: Origins of Scripture and Literature. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gertz, Jan Christian. “Antibabylonische Polemik im priesterlichen Schöpfungsbericht?” ZTK 106 (2009): 137–55.Google Scholar
Gunkel, Hermann. Genesis: Translated and Interpreted. Translated by Mark E. Biddle. Mercer Library of Biblical Studies. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1997. Translation of Genesis übersetzt und erklärt. HKAT 1.1. 3rd revised edition. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1910.Google Scholar
Köckert, Matthias. Vätergott und Väterverheißungen: Eine Auseinandersetzung mit Albrecht Alt und seinen Erben. FRLANT 142. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1988.Google Scholar
Levin, Christoph. “Gerechtigkeit Gottes in der Genesis.” Pages 347–57 in Studies in the Book of Genesis: Literature, Redaction and History. Edited by Wénin., André BETL 155. Leuven: Peeters, 2001.Google Scholar
Levin, Christoph. Der Jahwist. FRLANT 157. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1993.Google Scholar
Levin, Christoph. “Das System der zwölf Stämme Israels.” Pages 163–78 in Congress Volume: Paris, 1992. Edited by Emerton, John A.. VTSup 61. Leiden: Brill, 1995.Google Scholar
Levin, Christoph. “Tatbericht und Wortbericht in der priesterschriftlichen Schöpfungserzählung.” ZTK 91 (1994): 115–33.Google Scholar
Mowinckel, Sigmund. “Das ätiologische Denken.” Pages 78–86 in Tetrateuch – Pentateuch – Hexateuch: Die Berichte über die Landnahme in den drei altisraelitischen Geschichtswerken. BZAW 90. Berlin: Töpelmann, 1964.Google Scholar
Nõmmik, Urmas. Die Vätererzählungen im Lichte höfischer Erzählkunst: Motivkritische Studien zu den Überlieferungen von Lot, Isaak, Rebekka und Jakob. FAT. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2022 (forthcoming).Google Scholar
Seeligmann, Isaac Leo. “Ätiologische Elemente in der biblischen Geschichtsschreibung.” Pages 77–118 in Gesammelte Studien zur Hebräischen Bibel. Edited by Blum, Erhard. FAT 41. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2004.Google Scholar
Smend, Rudolf. “Elements of Historical Thinking in the Old Testament.” Pages 73–98 in “The Unconquered Land” and Other Old Testament Essays: Selected Studies. Translated by Margaret Kohl. Farnham: Ashgate, 2013.Google Scholar
Van Seters, John. Abraham in History and Tradition. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1975.Google Scholar
Westermann, Claus. “Arten der Erzählung in der Genesis.” Pages 9–91 in Forschung am Alten Testament: Gesammelte Studien. TB 24. Munich: Kaiser, 1964.Google Scholar

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