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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The Constituting of an Interruption James Nohrnberg. To my Father , Carson Nohrnberg Facesti come quei che va di notte , che porta il lume dietro e se non giova , ma dopo se fa le persone dotte ... [ You did like one who goes by night ...
... Father Walter J. Ong , John Freccero , and Alas- tair Fowler . Many of my students , by way of inspired comments and papers , can also be reckoned as my colleagues and teachers : I am their consider- able academic debtor . Grateful ...
... father , the God of Abraham , the God of Isaac , and the God of Jacob . And Moses hid his face ; ... ( Exod . 3 : 4-6 , AV ) Then Pharaoh said to him , " Get away from me ; take heed to yourself ; never see my face again ; for in the ...
... father , taught you writing . And after you completed three weeks ( of years ) they brought you into the royal court . ( Jubilees 47 : 9 ) And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife ; and she bare him Aaron and Moses ...
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 |