Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Tolodoth and literary structure was Where Is En-Mishpat?
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 06:40:51 +0300
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 1:07 AM, Dave Washburn wrote:
> The approach deals with much more than just title and author. To get the
> full idea one
> needs to check out P. J. Wiseman, "New Discoveries in Babylonia About
> Genesis" (London:
> Marshall, Morgan & Scott, 1946) where the idea was first presented in a
> more or less full
> form. There's a summary of the whole approach at
>
>http://www.biblemysteries.com/library/genesis.htm
>
> The lectures Karl remembers were probably based on Wiseman's work. I read
> the book in
> the early 80's and it made a lot of sense. Your reduction of it to nothing
> more than a
> colophon of title and author doesn't do it any kind of justice.
Thank you, Dave! This reference to Wiseman is very helpful indeed.
It does seem
to me to be a source (if not the source) for Karl's theory.
My guess is that the book you read may have actually been "Ancient records and
the structure of Genesis : a case for literary unity," which was
edited by Donald J
Wiseman, and published 1985.
As you said, you're "not the one arguing this." So I hope Karl will
tell us if this is
indeed a book where we can find more about this theory. (It does seem
so to me).
Until then, I will limit my further responses to this thread.
The discussion seems to span p. 2 - 10, and I was able to access all these
pages
with google books. However, p. 5 is where he starts to discuss the
possibility that
the toledoth is a colophon.