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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... given the biblical rhetoric that refuses to be prop- erly read without an appreciation for the exploiting of temporal shifts , which are not only diachronic ( sequential ) , but also anachronic ( or hys- teron proteronic ) . It is in ...
... given their final form by virtue of a consensus concerning what is in them . In the retailing of the narrative , this consensus has created for some readers a virtual " master of the tale " — " the biblical narrator , " Meir Sternberg ...
... Given the choice between producing good literary criticism out of amateurish source - study , or good source - study out of amateurish lit- erary criticism , the only recourse is to restudy the conventions , tradi- tions , and ...
... given at Princeton in 1987 , thanks to Victor Brombert and David Quint . Parts were also read at Emory University , at the invitation of Walter Reed in 1989. Gary Anderson of the University of Virginia gave me valuable advice on my idea ...
... given by a college roommate — on which I met my wife , Stephanie . Since then she has kept many holidays — more oriented on children than Alma Mater , however . It is to her , even more than to my profes- sion , that I owe the hours and ...
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 |