Genesis Forty-nine in Its Literary and Historical ContextThis book deals with the so-called "Blessing of Jacob" (Genesis 49) in all its aspects, discussing philological, literary and historical problems. After an introductory chapter a thoroughly discussed translation of Genesis 49 and an analysis of its poetical structure are presented, followed by the discussion of the genre-definition "tribal saying" ("Stammesspruch"), and a synchronic and diachronic analysis of Genesis 49 in its literary context (Gen. 47: 29-49: 33). The remarkable results of this analysis ar finally discussed in relation to Israel's history. It is suggested that only part of the "Blessing" functioned within the (originally much shorter) deathbed account (Gen. 47: 29-49: 33*), reflecting the historical situation of the time of origin. Afterwards it was thoroughly worked up into its present shape to meet the conditions of later political development. |
Contents
Text Translation and Structure | 81 |
Stands for the Village Shiloh שילה 2 4 1 2 3 | 126 |
The Genre | 248 |
294933 | 317 |
Genesis 492933 | 360 |
1 | 366 |
4 | 372 |
8 | 378 |
19 | 403 |
21 | 409 |
22 | 418 |
24 | 426 |
Diachronic | 451 |
Summarizing Conclusions | 622 |
Abbreviations | 635 |
651 | |
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Alten analysis Ancient argued argument Biblical blessing Blum brothers Canaan clause considered context corvée Deathbed Episode Deut Deuteronomy diachronic discussion Documentary Hypothesis documents Donner Egypt Ephraim erste Buch fact father form criticism Genesis 49 genre Gevirtz Greßmann Gunkel Hebr Hebrew Bible History idem interpretation Israel Israelite Issachar J.C. de Moor Jacob Joseph Story JSOTS Judah Kebekus king Komposition der Vätergeschichte Korpel layer Leiden Literarische Studien literary Manasseh meaning Naphtali narrative oracles original parallel patriarch Pehlke Pentateuch Peš possible present pro-Joseph pro-Judah problem reading reference rendering Reuben Sarna Schmidt scholars Seebaß seems Shechem Simeon and Levi Sitz im Leben Solomon sons Speiser Stammessprüche strophe Studien zur Josephsgeschichte suggests Testament Testament of Jacob tradition translation tribal sayings tribes Ugaritic United Monarchy verb Wenham Westermann whereas word Zebulun Zobel יִשְׂרָאֵל