Like Unto Moses: The Constituting of an InterruptionIndiana University Press, 1995 M05 22 - 416 pages "This exhaustive and important study of the meaning of Moses in the Bible demonstrates conclusively 'the Mosaicization of the canon'... Nohrnberg possesses a remarkable typological imagination. No summary can do justice to the sheer brilliance of the congruities and disparities he discovers on every page." -- Journal of Religion "LIKE UNTO MOSES proposes a series of challenging perspectives on theprocess of canon-formation in the Bible. James Nohrnberg's ability totrace connections among different elements of the biblical corpus isunflaggingly resourceful, sometimes provocative, and often deeplyinstructive." -- Robert Alter "... an insightful study of the traditions of Moses in the Bible." -- Choice "This is a formidably argued, large book.... It is also certainly the most sophisticated book on Moses and one of the most sophisticated readings of the Bible which I have ever had the pleasure of reading.... I think it is a brilliant achievement and would recommend it to every reader of the Bible." -- R. P. Carroll, The Society for Old Testament Study Book List The Moses of the Bible is a veiled figure who exists both inside and outside the text which describes and defines him. "Moses" is a creation of Israelite literary and scriptural tradition, an ideological construct, a reinvented memory, a projection of what Israel wished to see in Moses. Nohrnberg examines the texts of "Moses" for their representation of the tradition's self-doubt and its revisionary, "deuteronomic" content. |
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... brothers , attention is deliberately called to some of the embarrassments of this author's being , in his turn , the plenipo- tentiary of the Author of History ; the story's all - powerful vizier reacts to the awe of his humiliated ...
... brother raises up sons to a deceased brother by marrying the widow . The narrative shows God appointing Aaron to speak for Moses , but the logic of the relation shows Moses spoken for by the sons of Aaron : Moses is available . " Uncle ...
... to the promulgation of Moses as the patron saint of a scribal - priestly cor- poration in Israel . Where Abraham's service to Israel stems from the keeping of the seed of his brother or grandfather Nahor 10 The Canonization of Moses.
The Constituting of an Interruption James Nohrnberg. keeping of the seed of his brother or grandfather Nahor , Moses ' consists in the keeping of a text that is also kept by the priesthood of his brother Aaron . In spite of the absolute ...
... brother , the legends of Paul Bunyan tell us what ideally belongs to the life of the lumberjack ( in terms meant to suggest the heroic propor- tions of the Northwestern timber industry ) , the legend of Saint George tells us what ...
Contents
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The Text of the | 43 |
Moralia in Exodum | 133 |
Sojourner in Midian | 153 |
The Prehistory of Mosaic Intervention | 165 |
Sinai and the Name | 174 |
Prophet unto Pharaoh | 189 |
The Burden of Egypt | 208 |
The Exodus and the Numbering | 241 |
The Exodus and the Visiting | 250 |
Allegories of Scripture | 267 |
The Golden Calf and the History of the Priestly | 307 |
Supplementary Originals | 325 |
Notes | 347 |
General Index | 377 |
Scriptural Index | 391 |