- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Introduction. The Role of Scribes in the Transmission of Biblical Literature
- 2 Lexical and Explicative Comments
- 3 Pious Revisions and Theological Addenda
- 4 Conclusions
- 5 Introduction. The Scope and Content of Biblical Law as a Factor in the Emergence of Exegesis
- 6 Legal Exegesis With Verbatim, Paraphrastic, or Pseudocitations in Historical Sources
- 7 Legal Exegesis With Covert Citations in Historical Sources
- 8 Legal Exegesis and Explication in the Pentateuchal Legal Corpora
- 9 Conclusions
- 10 Introduction. Preliminary Considerations
- 11 Aggadic Exegesis of Legal Traditions in the Prophetic Literature
- 12 Aggadic Transformations of Non‐Legal Pentateuchal Traditions
- 13 Aggadic Exegesis in the Historiographical Literature
- 14 Conclusions
- 15 Introduction. The Shape and Nature of Mantological Material as Factors for Exegesis
- 16 The Mantological Exegesis of Dreams, Visions, and Omens
- 17 The Mantological Exegesis of Oracles
- 18 Generic Transformations
- 19 Conclusions
- 20 Epilogue
- 21 Addenda
- Select Bibliography
- Glossary of Biblical Exegetic Terms and Expressions
- Analytical Index of Contents and Authors*
- Index of Scriptural and Other Sources
- II. Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
- III. Dead Dea Scrolls
- IV. Targumic Material
- V. Rabbinic Literature (Mishna, Tosephta, Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds)
- VI. Other Rabbinic Works
- VII. Selected Ancient Near Eastern Texts
Pious Revisions and Theological Addenda
Pious Revisions and Theological Addenda
- Chapter:
- (p.66) 3 Pious Revisions and Theological Addenda
- Source:
- Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel
- Author(s):
Michael Fishbane (Contributor Webpage)
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
An explication of pious revisions and theological additions is offered. Scribes corrected or transformed elements, which they found problematic or contradictory. This includes hints of myth or polytheism; pagan practices; or ambiguous theological formulations. Changes range from changing letters to revising words and formulations. Comparisons of parallel formulations within the Hebrew Bible, as well as of the Hebrew Bible (Masoretic text) and the Septuagint or Qumran scrolls are made.
Keywords: euphemisms, pious correction, theological emendation, theological revisions
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Introduction. The Role of Scribes in the Transmission of Biblical Literature
- 2 Lexical and Explicative Comments
- 3 Pious Revisions and Theological Addenda
- 4 Conclusions
- 5 Introduction. The Scope and Content of Biblical Law as a Factor in the Emergence of Exegesis
- 6 Legal Exegesis With Verbatim, Paraphrastic, or Pseudocitations in Historical Sources
- 7 Legal Exegesis With Covert Citations in Historical Sources
- 8 Legal Exegesis and Explication in the Pentateuchal Legal Corpora
- 9 Conclusions
- 10 Introduction. Preliminary Considerations
- 11 Aggadic Exegesis of Legal Traditions in the Prophetic Literature
- 12 Aggadic Transformations of Non‐Legal Pentateuchal Traditions
- 13 Aggadic Exegesis in the Historiographical Literature
- 14 Conclusions
- 15 Introduction. The Shape and Nature of Mantological Material as Factors for Exegesis
- 16 The Mantological Exegesis of Dreams, Visions, and Omens
- 17 The Mantological Exegesis of Oracles
- 18 Generic Transformations
- 19 Conclusions
- 20 Epilogue
- 21 Addenda
- Select Bibliography
- Glossary of Biblical Exegetic Terms and Expressions
- Analytical Index of Contents and Authors*
- Index of Scriptural and Other Sources
- II. Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
- III. Dead Dea Scrolls
- IV. Targumic Material
- V. Rabbinic Literature (Mishna, Tosephta, Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds)
- VI. Other Rabbinic Works
- VII. Selected Ancient Near Eastern Texts
