Treasures old and new : essays in the theology of the Pentateuch - Blenkinsopp, Joseph, 1927- (Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, 2004)
Memory, tradition, and the construction of the past in ancient Israel -- Old Testament theology and the Jewish-Christian connection -- Creation, the body, and care for a damaged world -- Sacrifice and social maintenance in ancient Israel -- YHVH and other deities : conflict and accommodation in the religion of Israel -- Gilgamesh and Adam : wisdom through experience in Gilgamesh and in the biblical story of the man, the woman, and the snake -- Structure, theme, and motif in the succession history (2 Samuel 11-20; 1 Kings 1-2) and the history of human origins (Genesis 1-11) -- The Judge of all the earth (Genesis 18:22-33) -- Biographical patterns in biblical narrative : foklore and paradigm in the Jacob story -- What happened at Sinai? : structure and meaning in the Sinai-Horeb narrative (Exodus 19-34) -- Deuteronomy and the politics of postmortem existence -- We pay no heed to heavenly voices : the "end of prophecy" and the formation of the canon.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-215) and indexes.
Keywords: Bible. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc