A revised view of the Pentateuch with consequences for the broader literary history of the Bible ... more A revised view of the Pentateuch with consequences for the broader literary history of the Bible This collection of thirty-one studies on the Pentateuch represents more than twenty years of Konrad Schmid's research and publications advocating for a new view of the Pentateuch's formation. Schmid's essays present the case for a Persian period Priestly document that provided a basic narrative thread to the Torah, which included separate, pre-Priestly components of narratives in Genesis and the Moses story. Schmid's open discussion includes evidence from various fields, such as literary history, comparative cultural history, historical linguistics, epigraphy, and archaeology. The essays are divided into eight sections usefully structured around the themes of the Pentateuch in the Enneateuch, the history of scholarship, the formation of the Torah, Genesis, the Moses story, the Priestly document, legal texts, and the Pentateuch in the history of ancient Israel's religion.
This essay presents a methodological commitment to rethink the presuppositions about compositiona... more This essay presents a methodological commitment to rethink the presuppositions about compositional practices with respect to the assembly and production of what we have come to call the Pentateuch. Throughout the article the authors present an account of the ancient biblical writers and readers as committed to producing difference—not to produce an overall seamless linear narrative. The textual example focuses on the blood plague but considers the composition of the Pentateuch and biblical composition more generally.
Published in: Benedikt Hensel (ed.), The History of the Jacob Cycle (Genesis 25-35), ArchBib 4, T... more Published in: Benedikt Hensel (ed.), The History of the Jacob Cycle (Genesis 25-35), ArchBib 4, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2021, 11–34
This essay presents a methodological commitment to rethink the presuppositions about compositiona... more This essay presents a methodological commitment to rethink the presuppositions about compositional practices with respect to the assembly and production of what we have come to call the Pentateuch. Throughout the article the authors present an account of the ancient biblical writers and readers as committed to producing difference—not to produce an overall seamless linear narrative. The textual example focuses on the blood plague but considers the composition of the Pentateuch and biblical composition more generally.
Published in: Benedikt Hensel (ed.), The History of the Jacob Cycle (Genesis 25-35), ArchBib 4, T... more Published in: Benedikt Hensel (ed.), The History of the Jacob Cycle (Genesis 25-35), ArchBib 4, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2021, 11–34
J-version and an E-version that later redactors would have combined-a conclusion that seems force... more J-version and an E-version that later redactors would have combined-a conclusion that seems forced into a prior theory. 2 Yet still today, the separation of the Joseph story into a Yahwistic and an Elohistic version has some supporters. 3 Nevertheless, no one has succeeded in reconstructing two coherent, independent narratives. 4 The question of the literary unity of the story is open to discussion. There are indeed several observations that indicate the need for a diachronic reconstruction of the Joseph story. But how can we reconstruct the original story, its date, and historical setting? If the Joseph narrative was not intended from the outset to conclude the patriarchal history or to provide a transition from the time of the ancestors into the Egyptian oppression and exodus, what was its intention? How much can Egyptology (archaeology, history, epigraphy, iconography) help us decide whether or not the author of the (original) Joseph story lived in Egypt? What would be a fitting date for the Joseph narrative? Many dates have been suggested for the first version of Genesis 37-50, which range from the beginning of the first millennium bce (or even earlier) until the Hellenistic Period. Is the socalled Priestly document (P) a terminus ad quem? Does P really know and presuppose the Joseph story? These questions are discussed in this volume, which results from a workshop held in Lausanne on June 15 th-16 th , 2018 as part of the Synergia project, "The History of the Pentateuch: Combining Literary and Archaeological Approaches, " funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The event brought together Egyptologists, archaeologists, specialists in ancient history, and biblical scholars. Cumulatively, it represents the state of the art in historical research about the Joseph narrative. Several contributions are devoted to the diachronic analysis of Genesis 37-50. Franziska Ede and Reinhard Kratz investigate the development of the Joseph Story between the patriarchal narratives and the Exodus story. Ede argues that the Joseph story initially represented a continuation of the patriarchal narratives (Genesis 37-45*), to which it is connected through multiple catchword links. It can be understood as a diaspora novella that was transformed by later hands into
Page 1. M. Oeming und K. Schmid Page 2. M. Oeming / K. Schmid (Hrsg.)· Der eine Gott und die Gött... more Page 1. M. Oeming und K. Schmid Page 2. M. Oeming / K. Schmid (Hrsg.)· Der eine Gott und die Götter Page 3. ... Page 4. M. Oeming / K. Schmid (Hrsg.) Der eine Gott und die Götter Polytheismus und Monotheismus im antiken Israel Theologischer Verlag Zürich Zürich 2003 ...
Le preacute; sent volume trouve son origine dans un seacute; minaire de 3e cycle en Ancien Testam... more Le preacute; sent volume trouve son origine dans un seacute; minaire de 3e cycle en Ancien Testament sur la" les derniegrave; res reacute; dactions du Pentateuque, de l'Hexateuque et de l'Enneacute; ateuquera" organiseacute; par l'Institut romand des ...
A revised view of the Pentateuch with consequences for the broader literary history of the Bible ... more A revised view of the Pentateuch with consequences for the broader literary history of the Bible This collection of thirty-one studies on the Pentateuch represents more than twenty years of Konrad Schmid's research and publications advocating for a new view of the Pentateuch's formation. Schmid's essays present the case for a Persian period Priestly document that provided a basic narrative thread to the Torah, which included separate, pre-Priestly components of narratives in Genesis and the Moses story. Schmid's open discussion includes evidence from various fields, such as literary history, comparative cultural history, historical linguistics, epigraphy, and archaeology. The essays are divided into eight sections usefully structured around the themes of the Pentateuch in the Enneateuch, the history of scholarship, the formation of the Torah, Genesis, the Moses story, the Priestly document, legal texts, and the Pentateuch in the history of ancient Israel's religion.
This essay presents a methodological commitment to rethink the presuppositions about compositiona... more This essay presents a methodological commitment to rethink the presuppositions about compositional practices with respect to the assembly and production of what we have come to call the Pentateuch. Throughout the article the authors present an account of the ancient biblical writers and readers as committed to producing difference—not to produce an overall seamless linear narrative. The textual example focuses on the blood plague but considers the composition of the Pentateuch and biblical composition more generally.
Published in: Benedikt Hensel (ed.), The History of the Jacob Cycle (Genesis 25-35), ArchBib 4, T... more Published in: Benedikt Hensel (ed.), The History of the Jacob Cycle (Genesis 25-35), ArchBib 4, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2021, 11–34
This essay presents a methodological commitment to rethink the presuppositions about compositiona... more This essay presents a methodological commitment to rethink the presuppositions about compositional practices with respect to the assembly and production of what we have come to call the Pentateuch. Throughout the article the authors present an account of the ancient biblical writers and readers as committed to producing difference—not to produce an overall seamless linear narrative. The textual example focuses on the blood plague but considers the composition of the Pentateuch and biblical composition more generally.
Published in: Benedikt Hensel (ed.), The History of the Jacob Cycle (Genesis 25-35), ArchBib 4, T... more Published in: Benedikt Hensel (ed.), The History of the Jacob Cycle (Genesis 25-35), ArchBib 4, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2021, 11–34
J-version and an E-version that later redactors would have combined-a conclusion that seems force... more J-version and an E-version that later redactors would have combined-a conclusion that seems forced into a prior theory. 2 Yet still today, the separation of the Joseph story into a Yahwistic and an Elohistic version has some supporters. 3 Nevertheless, no one has succeeded in reconstructing two coherent, independent narratives. 4 The question of the literary unity of the story is open to discussion. There are indeed several observations that indicate the need for a diachronic reconstruction of the Joseph story. But how can we reconstruct the original story, its date, and historical setting? If the Joseph narrative was not intended from the outset to conclude the patriarchal history or to provide a transition from the time of the ancestors into the Egyptian oppression and exodus, what was its intention? How much can Egyptology (archaeology, history, epigraphy, iconography) help us decide whether or not the author of the (original) Joseph story lived in Egypt? What would be a fitting date for the Joseph narrative? Many dates have been suggested for the first version of Genesis 37-50, which range from the beginning of the first millennium bce (or even earlier) until the Hellenistic Period. Is the socalled Priestly document (P) a terminus ad quem? Does P really know and presuppose the Joseph story? These questions are discussed in this volume, which results from a workshop held in Lausanne on June 15 th-16 th , 2018 as part of the Synergia project, "The History of the Pentateuch: Combining Literary and Archaeological Approaches, " funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The event brought together Egyptologists, archaeologists, specialists in ancient history, and biblical scholars. Cumulatively, it represents the state of the art in historical research about the Joseph narrative. Several contributions are devoted to the diachronic analysis of Genesis 37-50. Franziska Ede and Reinhard Kratz investigate the development of the Joseph Story between the patriarchal narratives and the Exodus story. Ede argues that the Joseph story initially represented a continuation of the patriarchal narratives (Genesis 37-45*), to which it is connected through multiple catchword links. It can be understood as a diaspora novella that was transformed by later hands into
Page 1. M. Oeming und K. Schmid Page 2. M. Oeming / K. Schmid (Hrsg.)· Der eine Gott und die Gött... more Page 1. M. Oeming und K. Schmid Page 2. M. Oeming / K. Schmid (Hrsg.)· Der eine Gott und die Götter Page 3. ... Page 4. M. Oeming / K. Schmid (Hrsg.) Der eine Gott und die Götter Polytheismus und Monotheismus im antiken Israel Theologischer Verlag Zürich Zürich 2003 ...
Le preacute; sent volume trouve son origine dans un seacute; minaire de 3e cycle en Ancien Testam... more Le preacute; sent volume trouve son origine dans un seacute; minaire de 3e cycle en Ancien Testament sur la" les derniegrave; res reacute; dactions du Pentateuque, de l'Hexateuque et de l'Enneacute; ateuquera" organiseacute; par l'Institut romand des ...
Religiöse, "heilige" Texte waren in der Antike weit verbreitet. Aber warum lesen wir bis heute di... more Religiöse, "heilige" Texte waren in der Antike weit verbreitet. Aber warum lesen wir bis heute die Bibel? Konrad Schmid und Jens Schröter erklären, wie aus alten Erzählungen, Liedern, Weisheitssprüchen und Gesetzen, aus Briefen an frühchristliche Gemeinden und den Erzählungen über Jesus in einem langen Prozess heilige Schriften von Juden und Christen hervorgingen, die heute überall auf der Welt verbreitet sind. Mit diesem Buch liegt nach Jahrzehnten erstmals wieder ein Überblick über die Entstehung der Bibel auf dem neuesten Forschungsstand vor. Die Forschung der letzten Jahrzehnte hat viele gängige Annahmen über die Geschichte Israels und die Entstehung der Bibel revidiert. Ereignisse wie der Auszug aus Ägypten oder der Tempelbau unter König Salomo gelten nicht länger als historisch. Damit verschärft sich die Frage, wie die großen Geschichten des Alten Testaments entstanden sind und wann sie Teil "heiliger Schriften" wurden. Auch gängige Annahmen über die Sammlung der Evangelien oder frühe Apostelbriefe stehen neu auf dem Prüfstand. Das vorliegende Buch beschreibt auf dem aktuellen Forschungsstand den langen Weg von frühen Erzählungen des alten Israel über Schlüsseltexte des jüdischen Monotheismus und des frühen Christentums bis hin zu heiligen Büchern der Weltreligionen Judentum und Christentum. Wer wissen will, wie es zu einem solchen überlieferungsgeschichtlichen Wunder kommen konnte, sollte diese Biographie des berühmtesten Buches der Welt lesen.
In this study, Konrad Schmid offers a historical clarification of the concept of "theology." He t... more In this study, Konrad Schmid offers a historical clarification of the concept of "theology." He then examines the theologies of the three constituent parts of the Hebrew Bible-the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings-before tracing how these theological concepts developed throughout the history of ancient Israel and early Judaism. Schmid not only explores the theology of the biblical books in isolation, but he also offers unifying principles and links between the distinct units that make up the Hebrew Bible. By focusing on both the theology of the whole Hebrew Bible as well as its individual pieces, A Historical Theology of the Hebrew Bible provides a comprehensive discussion of theological work within the Hebrew Bible.
The contributors to this volume on the literary and editorial history of the books from Genesis t... more The contributors to this volume on the literary and editorial history of the books from Genesis to Joshua present a collection of programmatic papers dealing with the history of research and individual points of exegesis which demonstrate the problematic nature of the Yahwist ...
The Hebrew Bible has long been the subject of theological inquiries and debates in Judaism and Ch... more The Hebrew Bible has long been the subject of theological inquiries and debates in Judaism and Christianity. But is there something like theology already in the Hebrew Bible itself? Is it possible to describe the literary growth of the Hebrew Bible by means of an ongoing theological debate? Answers to these questions depend on how one conceives of the category "theology." In this book, Konrad Schmid reconstructs the development of this category, then describes and discusses biblical texts in the Hebrew Bible that are relevant to the question Is There Theology in the Hebrew Bible?
The book consists of two main sections. In the first, Schmid traces the notion of "theology" from its earliest use, in Greek philosophy, through the medieval period and to today. He pays close attention to "biblical theology," particularly the different understandings of this idea as something emanating from the Hebrew Bible itself versus something that readers impose onto the biblical text. He also tracks the influence of the discipline of comparative religion on biblical theology, especially with regard to the growing division between biblical and systematic theology. In the second part, Schmid focuses specifically on "implicit" biblical theology, that is, theological reflection apparent within the Hebrew Bible itself. He provides several examples, such as the theologization of the law that resulted from inner-biblical exegesis and Jeremiah's universal theology of history.
Seit 2000 Jahren dient das Alte Testament in Judentum und Christentum als Gegenstand theologische... more Seit 2000 Jahren dient das Alte Testament in Judentum und Christentum als Gegenstand theologischer Erörterungen und Befragungen. Doch gibt es so etwas wie Theologie bereits im Alten Testament selbst? Lässt sich die Entstehung der alttestamentlichen Literatur auch unter dem Aspekt fortschreitender theologischer Reflexion beschreiben? Eine Antwort auf diese Fragen hängt davon ab, wie man die Kategorie «Theologie» bestimmt. Konrad Schmid zeichnet dazu die historische Entwicklung des Theologiebegriffs in der Bibelwissenschaft nach und beschreibt Texteigenheiten im Alten Testament, die für die Frage «Gibt es Theologie im Alten Testament?» von Bedeutung sind.
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Joint Masters Program of the Universities of Basel, Luzern and Zurich (Switzerland) in Religion -... more Joint Masters Program of the Universities of Basel, Luzern and Zurich (Switzerland) in Religion - Economics - Politics, Switzerland www.zrwp.ch
“Von Jakob zu Israel. Das antike Israel auf dem Weg zum Judentum im Spiegel der Fortschreibungsge... more “Von Jakob zu Israel. Das antike Israel auf dem Weg zum Judentum im Spiegel der Fortschreibungsgeschichte der Jakobüberlieferungen der Genesis”, in: Marianne Grohmann (ed.), Identität und Schrift: Fortschreibungsprozesse als Mittel religiöser Identitätsbildung, BThSt 169, Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener, 2017, 33–67.
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The book consists of two main sections. In the first, Schmid traces the notion of "theology" from its earliest use, in Greek philosophy, through the medieval period and to today. He pays close attention to "biblical theology," particularly the different understandings of this idea as something emanating from the Hebrew Bible itself versus something that readers impose onto the biblical text. He also tracks the influence of the discipline of comparative religion on biblical theology, especially with regard to the growing division between biblical and systematic theology. In the second part, Schmid focuses specifically on "implicit" biblical theology, that is, theological reflection apparent within the Hebrew Bible itself. He provides several examples, such as the theologization of the law that resulted from inner-biblical exegesis and Jeremiah's universal theology of history.
University of Zurich, Faculty of Theology
Kirchgasse 9, 8001 Zürich
Room 200
11th–12th September 2015