By Dr. Israel Knohl
ISBN-10: 082760761X
ISBN-13: 9780827607613
New insights on how the Torah took on its ultimate shape during this interesting publication, Knohl stocks his realizing of ways the Torah was once edited into its ultimate shape. He bridges the space among historical Israel (c.1400-586 B.C.E.) and moment Temple occasions (c, 536 B.C.E. to 70 C.E.) through exhibiting the continuity among those eras and the sluggish evolution of the biblical worldview. Knohl’s interpretation of biblical composition demanding situations a well-liked development in modern biblical scholarship: the concept that old Israel by no means existed as a historic truth, yet was once invented and "retrojected" again in time through later Israelite clergymen as a part of their nationwide fantasy. He translates the textual facts within the Torah itself, to extend at the concept that the Torah expresses a pluralistic view of God; that there's continuity among historical Jewish texts and Rabbinic Judaism, and that the useless Sea Scrolls show a lot approximately biblical theology.
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The relation of this cultic object to ancient Near Eastern mythology has been described by Bible scholar xJon Levenson: We have already had occasion to note the general story in the ancient Near East, which describes the creation of the world and the establishment of cosmic order as a consequence of a god's defeat of the sea. The sea embodies chaos; its defeat and containment constitute order. In fact, they do more than that: they also legitimize the victor's claim to kingship and initiate the construction of his royal palace, his temple.
The only change is God's awareness of the powerful influence of the 15 primordial evil elements. God is now willing to tolerate bloodshed in the world, but God channels and restricts this violence. YHWH VS. AZAZEL The rituals of the Priestly cult also embodied this fundamental duality of the universe—the primordial evil along with the created good. The most important ritual in the Priestly Torah is the cleansing of the Tabernacle and the sending of the scapegoat to Azazel/ This ritual is to be performed during the holiest day in the year—the Day of Atonement.
This closeness between humans and God determines how the encounters between God and humanity are described in the Genesis period: God is depicted as humanlike in both image and actions. The revelation of the name "YHWH" results in a theological Copernican revolution. Moses, and Israel with him, learns to recognize the essence of divine nature, which is unrelated to Creation or to humanity and its needs. This dimension cannot be comprehended fully by humans and surpasses the limits of morality and reason, since morality and its laws are only meaningful in relation to human society and human understanding.
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