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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... priest whose body is marred cannot stand blameless before God's altar : " he shall not come near the veil " ( Lev . 21:23 , RSV ) . Moses ' tongue - tiedness and his veiledness may imply that he , like Pharaoh's blemished courtiers ...
... priest had found a king apt to receive such a book . " When the king had heard the words of the book of the law ... priests in Egypt ( since some of the Levites have Egyptian names , and since Eli's priesthood is dated from Egypt in 1 ...
... priest Hilkiah— whose scribe Shaphan brought the revolution's deuteronomistic program before the king ( 2 Kings 22 : 8-10 ) —might not be that Hilkiah who is named as Jeremiah's father ( Jer . 1 : 1 ) . But the restoration of the book ...
... priest , as Abraham could intercede with God for Abimelech : " he is a prophet , and he will pray for you , and you shall live " ( RSV ) . The priest's office is hereditary and life - long . The Face of Moses 15.
... priest , to offer upon my altar , to burn incense , to wear an ephod before me ? " ( 1 Sam . 2 : 27-28 ) . If this happened when Israel was in Egypt , then it took place at the call of Moses itself . References to Moses and Aaron as co ...
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 |