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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... they are ancient , as including this specific " nar- rativization " —the thing that has helped make them " biblical " or " canonic " in the first place . Although the theme of origins ano originals is paramount in X Preface.
The Constituting of an Interruption James Nohrnberg. Although the theme of origins ano originals is paramount in my ... original , " " early , " and " latter - day " can hardly be ruled out as criteria , given the biblical rhetoric that ...
... original ship had been entirely replaced . At the final destina- tion it was the Argo in name only — yet it was no less the Argo for all that . Regarding citations : the Bible , Jewish and Christian , is quoted in English translations ...
... original . Moses wears a veil not when he is speaking to God , but when he is interpreting for God , when he is speaking to the people ( Exod . 34 : 29-35 ) . Without Moses we would not know what God was revealing to Israel , but ...
... original authoritative leader , one long since lost to the ravages of history and yet spiritually present in the very words of a latter - day " Mosaic " ministry . Such a " second coming " of the original communal 8 The Canonization of ...
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 |