Biblical Itinerary: In Search of Method, Form and Content. Essays in Honor of George W. Coats PDF
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JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT SUPPLEMENT SERIES 240 Editors David J.A.C lines Philip R. Davies Executive Editor John Jarick Editorial Board Robert P. Carroll, Richard J. Coggins, Alan Cooper, J. Cheryl Exum, John Goldingay, Robert P. Gordon, Norman K. Gottwald, Andrew D.H. Mayes, Carol Meyers, Patrick D. Miller Sheffield Academic Press A Biblical Itinerary In Search of Method, Form and Content Essays in Honor of George W. Coats edited by Eugene E. Carpenter Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 240 Copyright © 1997 Sheffield Academic Press Published by Sheffield Academic Press Ltd Mansion House 19 Kingfield Road Sheffield SI 19AS England Printed on acid-free paper in Great Britain by Bookcraft Ltd Midsomer Norton, Bath British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 1-85075-653-8 CONTENTS Preface 7 Abbreviations 8 List of Contributors 9 ROLF RENDTORFF Some Reflections on the Canonical Moses: Moses and Abraham 11 MALCOLM CLARK Biblical and Early Islamic Moses 20 TRENT BUTLER Narrative Form Criticism: Dead or Alive? 39 JOHN W. ROFFEY Beyond Reality: Poetic Discourse and Psalm 107 60 LAWSON G. STONE Redaction Criticism: Whence, Whither, and Why? Or, Going beyond Source and Form Criticism without Leaving them Behind 77 EUGENE CARPENTER Exodus 18: Its Structure, Style, Motifs and Function in the Book of Exodus 91 JOSEPH BLENKTNSOPP Structure and Meaning in the Sinai-Horeb Narrative (Exodus 19-34) 109 JOHN VAN SETERS From Faithful Prophet to Villain: Observations on the Tradition History of the Balaam Story 126 6 A Biblical Itinerary JAMES L. CRENSHAW The Missing Voice 133 GENE M. TUCKER The Futile Quest for the Historical Prophet 144 ROLF P. KNffiRIM On the Task of Old Testament Theology 153 ROY F. MELUGIN Scripture and the Formation of Christian Identity 167 Bibliography of Works by George Wesley Coats, Jr 183 Index of References 185 Index of Authors 192 PREFACE This book of essays in honor of George Wesley Coats, Jr was occa- sioned by his early retirement, because of illness, from Lexington Theological Seminary. When I was asked to prepare a festschrift vol- ume for Dr Coats I gladly accepted the offer. He has become a close friend and Old Testament colleague over the past nine years. Each of the persons who have contributed articles for this volume has done so for various reasons: inspiration they received from Dr Coats to enter Old Testament studies, friendship that proved mutually supportive, scholarship challenges from Dr Coats's diligent pursuit of academic excellence in Old Testament studies, collegial relationships that developed in university days—but all have willingly taken part as a token of appreciation for his contributions to the development of Old Testament studies and his influence upon their lives. The first two articles deal with a central concern of Dr Coats's scholarship—Moses (Rendtorff, Clark). Dr Coats's last book dealt with this theme (Moses: Heroic Man, Man of God: The Moses Tra- ditions in the Old Testament [JSOTSup, 57; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1989]). Most of the contributions in this volume deal with various hermeneutical approaches to the study of the Old Testament (Van Seters, Butler, Roffey, Stone, Carpenter, Blenkinsopp, Crenshaw), especially contemporary literary and structural approaches. The remaining essays deal with (1) the shift from historical-critical meth- ods to literary/other approaches (Tucker), (2) the promise of rein- troducing a life-changing approach to the Old Testament 'as story' into mainline churches and, finally (3) a consideration of the goal of all of these efforts—the production of Old Testament theology using all of the viable methodologies (Knierim). Eugene E. Carpenter Bethel College Mishawaka, Indiana ABBREVIATIONS BASOR Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research BKAT Biblischer Kommentar: Altes Testament BR Biblical Research BZAW Beihefte zur ZAW CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly ConBOT Coniectanea biblica, Old Testament EBib Etudes bibliques FOIL The Forms of the Old Testament Literature HAR Hebrew Annual Review IDBSup IDB, Supplementary Volume Int Interpretation JBL Journal of Biblical Literature JNES Journal of Near Eastern Studies JSOT Journal for the Study of the Old Testament JSOTSup Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Supplement Series NCB New Century Bible NICOT New International Commentary on the Old Testament OBO Orbis biblicus et orientalis OTL Old Testament Library OTM Oxford Theological Monograph OTS Oudtestamentische Studien RB Revue biblique SANT Studien zum Alien und Neuen Testament SBLDS SBL Dissertation Series SBS Stuttgarter Bibelstudien SET Studies in Biblical Theology SJOT Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament ST Studia theologica TS Theological Studies UF Ugarit-Forschungen VT Vetus Testamentum VTSup Vetus Testamentum, Supplements WBC Word Biblical Commentary ZAW Zeitschriftfur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Joseph Blenkinsopp Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame, USA Trent C. Butler Managing Editor, Broadman-Holman, Nashville, TN, USA Eugene C. Carpenter Bethel College, Mishawaka, IN, USA Malcolm Clark Department of Religious Studies, Butler University, Carmel, IN, USA Rolf P. Knierim School of Theology, Claremont, CA, USA Rolf Rendtorff University of Heidelburg, Germany John W. Roffey St Barnabas Theological College, Belair, Australia Lawson Stone Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, KY, USA Gene M. Tucker Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA John Van Seters Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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