Like Unto Moses: The Constituting of an InterruptionIndiana University Press, 22. mai 1995 - 416 pages "This exhaustive and important study of the meaning of Moses in the Bible demonstrates conclusively 'the Mosaicization of the canon'... Nohrnberg possesses a remarkable typological imagination. No summary can do justice to the sheer brilliance of the congruities and disparities he discovers on every page." -- Journal of Religion "LIKE UNTO MOSES proposes a series of challenging perspectives on theprocess of canon-formation in the Bible. James Nohrnberg's ability totrace connections among different elements of the biblical corpus isunflaggingly resourceful, sometimes provocative, and often deeplyinstructive." -- Robert Alter "... an insightful study of the traditions of Moses in the Bible." -- Choice "This is a formidably argued, large book.... It is also certainly the most sophisticated book on Moses and one of the most sophisticated readings of the Bible which I have ever had the pleasure of reading.... I think it is a brilliant achievement and would recommend it to every reader of the Bible." -- R. P. Carroll, The Society for Old Testament Study Book List The Moses of the Bible is a veiled figure who exists both inside and outside the text which describes and defines him. "Moses" is a creation of Israelite literary and scriptural tradition, an ideological construct, a reinvented memory, a projection of what Israel wished to see in Moses. Nohrnberg examines the texts of "Moses" for their representation of the tradition's self-doubt and its revisionary, "deuteronomic" content. |
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... claims an authority for his " transcription " which it would not otherwise have . The original plates for the Book of Mormon , for example , were allegedly destroyed , once Joseph Smith's translation from them had been made . Such an ...
... claim to that relation , both geneti- cally in the womb , and legally at the deathbed and in the marriage bed . Beyond this belief that one is related to Abraham , there is the confi- dence in an Abrahamic legacy that includes ...
... claims . Moses ' spokesmanship and his intercessory and ambassadorial functions draw him into the orbit of priestly and prophetic vocations ; his magistracy draws him into the court . and the assembly . But the result is an office that ...
... claim to Moses ' appointment or endorsement . It is thus Moses ' office or function to delegate office : to Aaron as speaker , aide - de - camp , and mediator and priest ; to the seventy elders as arbitrators and councilors ; to Joshua ...
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Contents
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The Text of the | 43 |
Moralia in Exodum | 133 |
Sojourner in Midian | 153 |
The Prehistory of Mosaic Intervention | 165 |
Sinai and the Name | 174 |
Prophet unto Pharaoh | 189 |
The Burden of Egypt | 208 |
The Exodus and the Numbering | 241 |
The Exodus and the Visiting | 250 |
Allegories of Scripture | 267 |
The Golden Calf and the History of the Priestly | 307 |
Supplementary Originals | 325 |
Notes | 347 |
General Index | 377 |
Scriptural Index | 391 |