The Theme of the Pentateuch
This
popular textbook regards the Pentateuch as a literary whole, with a
single theme that binds it together. The overarching theme is the
partial fulfilment of the promises to the patriarchs. Though the method
of the book is holistic, the origin and growth of the theme is also
explored using the methods of traditional source analysis. An important
chapter explores the theological function of the Pentateuch both in the
community for which the Pentateuch was first composed and in our own
time. For this second, enlarged edition, the author has written an
Epilogue reassessing the theme of the Pentateuch from a more current
postmodern perspective.
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