Sara J. Milstein (Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient N

Tracking the Master Scribe

Revision Through Introduction in Biblical and Mesopotamian Literature

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Characterized by collectively produced texts that changed significantly over time, Mesopotamian literature and the Hebrew Bible confound modern notions of authorship and creativity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9780190205393
• ISBN-10: 0190205393
• Artikelnr.: 47863033

Autorenporträt

Sara J. Milstein is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of British Columbia.

Inhaltsangabe

* Abbreviations
* List of Figures
* Preface
* 1. Spotlight on Method: (Revision through) Introduction
* I. The Transmission of Mesopotamian Literature
* Advantages and Limitations of the Mesopotamian Evidence
* Assyriological Studies on Textual Change
* II. The Transmission of Hebrew/Biblical Literature
* Advantages and Limitations of the Hebrew/Biblical Evidence
* Recent Evaluations of Scribal Methods and Hard Evidence in Biblical
Studies
* III. The Scope of Tracking the Master Scribe
* The Case Studies
* Terms, Aims, and Methodologies
* 2. "Evident" Cases of Revision through Introduction
* I. Revision through Introduction in Mesopotamian Literature
* a. The Sumerian King List
* b. The Epic of Etana
* II. Revision through Introduction in Hebrew/Biblical Literature
* a. The Community Rule
* b. The Books of Esther
* III. Conclusions
* 3. A Second Wind: Revision through Introduction in Adapa
* I. Back to Eridu: The Revision of Adapa in Akkadian
* The Middle Babylonian Version of Adapa (Fragment B)
* The Neo-Assyrian Version(s) of Adapa
* Continuity and Discontinuity across the Akkadian Tradition
* Fragments A and D: Expansion or Elimination?
* II. Which Way the Wind Blows: From Adaba to Adapa
* The Tell Haddad Version of Adapa
* Continuity and Discontinuity between Tell Haddad and Fragment B
* The Tell Haddad Introduction and "South Wind Ending": Addition or
Elimination?
* III. Conclusions
* 4. Surpassing All Versions: Revision through Introduction in the
Gilgamesh Epic
* I. The Akkadian Huwawa Narrative and the Emergence of the Epic
* Competing Sets of Logic in the Old Babylonian Epic
* The Epic Act of Revision through Introduction
* II. Surpassing All Kings: The Ugarit and Standard Babylonian
Prologues to the Gilgamesh Epic
* The Middle Babylonian Prologue to Gilgamesh at Ugarit
* Standard Babylonian I 1-28 and Its Contrasting Features
* The Two Prologues as "Revision through Introduction"
* III. Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld and Tablet XII of the
Standard Babylonian Version
* Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld and Tablet XII
* Tablet XII and Its Relation to Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld
* The Absence of GEN 1-171 in Tablet XII
* IV. Conclusions, or One More Circuit around the Wall
* 5. Delusions of Grandeur: Revision through Introduction in Judges 6-9
* I. The Early Abimelekh Account (Judges 9:26-54)
* The Antiquity of Judges 9
* The Independent Logic of Judges 9:26-54
* II. The Early Gideon Account (Judges 8:4-21)
* The Independent Logic of Judges 8:4-21
* The Parallel Nature of the Old Gideon and Abimelekh Episodes
* III. New Backdrops for the Gideon-Abimelekh Block: Judges 6:1-8:3
* Judges 7:1-22: Yahweh to the Rescue!
* Judges 6:25-32: A Yahwistic Etiology for "Jerubbaal"
* IV. Conclusions
* 6. Echoes of Saul: Revision through Introduction in Judges 19-21, 1
Samuel 1, and 1 Samuel 11
* I. Competing Sets of Logic in Judges 19-21
* Contrasts between Judges 19:1-20:13 and Judges 20:14ff
* The Composite Nature of Judges 21
* II. Shiloh and Benjamin: Evidence for an "Old Saul Complex"
* The Origins of 1 Samuel 1 as a Saul Birth Narrative
* The Links between Judges 21:15-24 and 1 Samuel 1
* III. The Old Saul Complex and Its Polemical Recasting
* The Unexplained Markers of Judges 19
* The Inclusion of 1 Samuel 11:1-11 in the "Saul Complex"
* IV. Conclusions
* 7. The "Magic" of Beginnings (and Endings)
* Works Cited
* Index of Authors
* Index of Primary Sources
* Index of Subjects