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Understanding the Pentateuch as a scripture by Watts, James Washington is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Understanding the Pentateuch as a scripture about?
<p><b>A cutting-edge scholarly review of how the Pentateuch functions as a scripture, and how it came to be ritualized in this way.</b></p> <p><i>Understanding the Pentateuch as a Scripture</i> is a unique account of the first five books of the Bible, describing how Jews and Christians ritualize the Pentateuch as a scripture by interpreting it, by performing its text and contents, and by venerating the physical scroll and book.</p> <p>Pentateuchal studies are known for intense focus on questions of how and when the first five books of the Bible were composed, edited, and canonized as scripture. Rather than such purely historical, literary, or theological approaches, Hebrew Bible scholar James W. Watts organizes this description of the Pentateuch from the perspectives of comparative scriptures and religious studies. He describes how the Pentateuch has been used in the centuries since it began to function as a scripture in the time of Ezra, and the origins of its ritualization before that time. The book:</p> <ul> <li>Analyzes the semantic contents of the Pentateuch as oral rhetoric that takes the form of stories followed by lists of laws and sanctions</li> <li>Gives equal space
Who reads Understanding the Pentateuch as a scripture?
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Watts, James Washington
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781405196390
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Christian, Religion, Bible
- Updated
- 2026-03-25