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- Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus: Hellenistic Histories a
- Publication Date
- 2006-05-15
- Pages
- 344
- ISBN
- 9780567025920
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
0567025926
ISBN-13
9780567025920
eBay Product ID (ePID)
51829952
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
344 Pages
Publication Name
Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus : Hellenistic Histories and the Date of the Pentateuch
Language
English
Subject
Biblical Commentary / Old Testament
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion
Series
The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
24.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2006-007651
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"this is a detailed study and a good example of thinking outside the box" Theological Book Review Vol. 19 No. 1 2007, "[Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus] has a bold thesis and detailed argumentation...this volume is an intriguing read because it challenges us at every turn to think about source-critical questions and to ask about the direction of literary dependence." -Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, Contributor Russell E. Gmirkin's essay "The Rivers of Eden" reviewed in International Review of Biblical Studies, 2007.
Series Volume Number
433
Dewey Decimal
222/.1066
Table Of Content
Chapter One. Methodology and History of Scholarship Chapter Two. The Documentary Hypothesis Chapter Three. Hecataeus of Abdera Chapter Four. Aristobulus and the Septuagint Chapter Five. Berossus and Genesis Chapter Six. The Table of Nations Chapter Seven. Manetho and the Hyksos Chapter Eight. Manetho and the Polluted Egyptians Chapter Nine. Nectanebos and Moses Chapter Ten. The Route of the Exodus Chapter Eleven. The Date and Authorship of the Pentateuch Appendix A. Berossus and Megasthenes Appendix B. Theophanes of Mytilene Appendix C. The Samaritan Pentateuch Appendix D. The Rivers of Eden Appendix E. Tarsus and the Nora Inscription Appendix F. Seth-Typhon and the Jews
Synopsis
Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus proposes a provocative new theory regarding the date and circumstances of the composition of the Pentateuch. Gmirkin argues that the Hebrew Pentateuch was composed in its entirety about 273-272 BCE by Jewish scholars at Alexandria that later traditions credited with the Septuagint translation of the Pentateuch into Greek. The primary evidence is literary dependence of Gen. 1-11 on Berossus' Babyloniaca (278 BCE) and of the Exodus story on Manetho's Aegyptiaca (c. 285-280 BCE), and the geo-political data contained in the Table of Nations. A number of indications point to a provenance of Alexandria, Egypt for at least some portions of the Pentateuch. That the Pentateuch, drawing on literary sources found at the Great Library of Alexandria, was composed at almost the same date as the Septuagint translation, provides compelling evidence for some level of communication and collaboration between the authors of the Pentateuch and the Septuagint scholars at Alexandria's Museum. The late date of the Pentateuch, as demonstrated by literary dependence on Berossus and Manetho, has two important consequences: the definitive overthrow of the chronological framework of the Documentary Hypothesis, and a late, 3rd century BCE date for major portions of the Hebrew Bible which show literary dependence on the Pentateuch., This book proposes a new theory regarding the date and circumstances of the composition of the Pentateuch. The central thesis of this book is that the Hebrew Pentateuch was composed in its entirety about 273-272 BCE by Jewish scholars at Alexandria that later traditions credited with the Septuagint translation of the Pentateuch into Greek. The primary evidence is literary dependence of Gen. 1-11 on Berossus' Babyloniaca (278 BCE) and of the Exodus story on Manetho's Aegyptiaca (c. 285-280 BCE), and the geo-political data contained in the Table of Nations. A number of indications point to a provenance of Alexandria, Egypt for at least some portions of the Pentateuch. That the Pentateuch, utilizing literary sources found at the Great Library of Alexandria, was composed at almost the same date as the Septuagint translation, provides compelling evidence for some level of communication and collaboration between the authors of the Pentateuch and the Septuagint scholars at Alexandria's Museum.....The late date of the Pentateuch, as demonstrated by literary dependence on Berossus and Manetho, has two important consequences: the definitive overthrow of the chronological framework of the Documentary Hypothesis, and a late, 3rd century BCE date for major portions of the Hebrew Bible which show literary dependence on the Pentateuch.
LC Classification Number
BS1225.52.G55 2006
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