TY - JOUR
T1 - Joshua A. Berman. Inconsistency in the Torah: Ancient Literary Convention and the Limits of Source Criticism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. ISBN 9780190658809.
T2 - Review by Lindsey A. Askin
AU - Askin, Lindsey
PY - 2019/3/20
Y1 - 2019/3/20
N2 - Why do modern biblical scholars problematize disparity and dissonance in ancient law and narrative? Joshua A. Berman’s Inconsistency in the Torah explores this question in Pentateuchal criticism, critically approaching the methodological fallacies and analytical shortcomings that come as a result of becoming nobly but ideologically entrenched in detecting redactional layers diachronically in biblical and cognate texts (p.203)
AB - Why do modern biblical scholars problematize disparity and dissonance in ancient law and narrative? Joshua A. Berman’s Inconsistency in the Torah explores this question in Pentateuchal criticism, critically approaching the methodological fallacies and analytical shortcomings that come as a result of becoming nobly but ideologically entrenched in detecting redactional layers diachronically in biblical and cognate texts (p.203)
M3 - Book/Film/Article review (Academic Journal)
SN - 2053-4329
JO - Reviews of BIblical and Early Christian Studies
JF - Reviews of BIblical and Early Christian Studies
IS - 2019
ER -