{"product_id":"the-pentateuch-9780567658791","title":"The Pentateuch","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this magisterial overview of the Pentateuch John Van Seters reviews the various historical-critical attempts to read it that arise from notions about the social evolution of Israel's religion and culture. Is the Pentateuch an accumulation of folk traditions, a work of ancient historiography, a document legitimizing religious reform? In dialogue with competing views, Van Seters advocates a compositional model that recognizes the social and historical diversity of the literary strata. Van Seters argues that a proto-Pentateuchal author created a comprehensive history from Genesis to Numbers that was written as a prologue to the Deuteronomistic History (Deuteronomy to 2 Kings) in the exilic period and later expanded by a Priestly writer to make it the foundational document of the Jerusalem temple community.   This social-science commentary on the Pentateuch is renowned as one of the most influential volumes on this group of texts. For the new edition Van Seters has revised several secti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew Preface Preface to first edition Abbreviations  Part I: Introduction  Part II: The Pentateuch as a Whole: Basic Features and Problems  Part III: A Survey of Historical-Critical Research on the Pentateuch  Part IV: New Currents in Pentateuchal Studies from 1975 to the Present  Part V: Deuteronomy  Part VI: The Yahwist (J)  Part VII: The Priestly Writer (P)  Part VIII: Law in the Pentateuch  Part IX: Conclusion  Bibliography Index of References  Index of Authors","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018298687831,"sku":"9780567658791","price":25.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780567658791.jpg?v=1750776346","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-pentateuch-9780567658791","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}