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These Are the Generations: Identity, Covenant, and the 'Toledot' Formula

These Are the Generations: Identity, Covenant, and the 'Toledot' Formula

Thomas, Matthew A.
Rowe, Jonathan Y.

Paperback

Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, Book 551

Bible Studies

ISBN10: 0567241912
ISBN13: 9780567241917
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: Feb 20 2013
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.37 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Using a combination of form-critical and linguistic methods, the author seeks to understand the role of the toledot formula, often translated These are the generations of Name, in shaping the book of Genesis and the Pentateuch as a whole. An examination of the formula uncovers that it functions primarily as a heading to major sections of text and draws the readers' attention to focus on an ever narrower range of characters.

By starting from the perspective of the surface structure of the text and addressing questions that investigation raises, the study is able to uncover and resolve a number of tensions within the text, as well as provide insights into a number of other questions surrounding the toledot headings and the organization of the structure of the Pentateuch.

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