Ps: to Yitzhak:
I have specifically avoided the use of the term “colophon” because it is my
understanding that a colophon is a statement added later, sometimes much,
much later, by a publisher or other writer, that it is not part of the
original document. In contrast, the title and even author can be chosen by
the author himself for the document.
I admit that the lecturer that I heard could have been mistaken, but he
specifically stated that the author and title were what was at the end of a
narration, not a colophon.
Further, I notice in the case of Genesis 2:4, that the title is in the same
style as the preceding chapter, as I mentioned above.
Further, the lecturer specifically mentioned that the practice of appending
the title and author at the end of a document went out of use before 1500 BC
(replaced by the colophon?) which would make later examples such as that in
Ruth irrelevant to the discussion. Where he got his information? I don’t
know.
When I read Genesis, I see the TLDT formula as consistent with what the
lecturer said. As for the dates, the lecturer may yet be proven wrong.
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