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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... imply that he , like Pharaoh's blemished courtiers , cannot stand blameless : i.e. , " before Moses " ( Exod . 9:11 ) , or the ideal created by his own , self - disqualifying standards . 4 What we know about Moses , his veiledness , is ...
... implies conversion to the law as a way of life , or as subjection to a dispensation ; but we could also refer it to the study of the law . The narrative of Exodus makes Moses function not only to promulgate the Divine Promulgation , but ...
... implies that their spokesmanship can be intercessory , like that of the " prophet " Abraham in Genesis 20 : 7 . Moses can function , in other words , as Pha- raoh's priest , as Abraham could intercede with God for Abimelech : " he is a ...
... com- plete the story of the exodus by having Moses enter the promised land , for that might incorrectly imply a premature foreclosure of the postmortem career of Moses ' word in Israel . And however 18 The Canonization of Moses.
... implies that the ancient Canaanite city - state , from the Israelite point of view , is a deca- dent institution . Joshua does not take over cities to rule them , he invades their territory to destroy them . The text thus insists that ...
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 |