A Text That Was but Isn’t: On the Contribution of Literary Evidence in the Assessment of Shapira Deuteronomy

This article addresses the value of literary evidence in the assessment of putatively ancient texts, with special focus on Shapira Deuteronomy in the wake of its recent reconsideration. The article argues that, notwithstanding the challenges that attend them, all types of evidence—epigraphic, lingui...

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Autore principale: Stackert, Jeffrey 1977- (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Pubblicazione: 2023
In: Maarav
Anno: 2023, Volume: 27, Fascicolo: 1/2, Pagine: 74-90
(sequenze di) soggetti normati:B Bibel. Deuteronomium / Testo / Falso / Shapira, Moses Wilhelm 1830-1884 / Critica letteraria
Notazioni IxTheo:HB Antico Testamento
KBL Medio Oriente
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Riepilogo:This article addresses the value of literary evidence in the assessment of putatively ancient texts, with special focus on Shapira Deuteronomy in the wake of its recent reconsideration. The article argues that, notwithstanding the challenges that attend them, all types of evidence—epigraphic, linguistic, literary—should be assessed, and that each can offer important evaluative insights, individually and in relation to each other. The article concludes with a few specific literary observations on Shapira Deuteronomy. These observations add to the case against this text’s status as an ancient work and, as such, demonstrate that literary analysis of the Shapira strips produces significant information regarding their putative antiquity, even apart from any epigraphic or linguistic assessment.
ISSN:2836-7103
Comprende:Enthalten in: Maarav
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1086/726572