Looking at the primary (hi)story and the prophetic books as literary/ theological units within the frame of the early second temple: Some considerations |
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| Authors: | Ehud Ben Zvi |
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| Institution: | Religious Studies , CSLFR University of Alberta , Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E6, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Abstract This paper deals with some of the features of two large collections of works: (a) those constituting the Primary (Hi)storical Narrative (i.e., Genesis ‐ Kings) and (b) the prophetic books (i.e., those later called “the Latter Prophets). It is advanced that the PHN serves a role akin to that of a founding myth, or better of a “truncated”; creation myth of Israel. The significance (and to a large extent, necessity) of this “truncatedness”; is explored against the background of the Early Second Temple Period. |
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