hammiṣwāh – a Forgotten Forerunner of the Deuteronomic Torah?
Three orders of legal collections can be identified conceptually in the Pentateuch: hattôrāh , hāʽedut and hammiṣwāh . A comparison of their Greek textual and Masoretic vocalisation traditions can identify linguistic impulses that subordinate hāʽedut and hammiṣwāh to the legal system of the Dtn. hat...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
Year: 2025, Volume: 137, Issue: 2, Pages: 212-225 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Deuteronomium
/ Torah
/ Vocalization
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
literary reframing
B formation of hattôrāh B Deuteronomy B hammiṣwāh B vocalisation |
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| Summary: | Three orders of legal collections can be identified conceptually in the Pentateuch: hattôrāh , hāʽedut and hammiṣwāh . A comparison of their Greek textual and Masoretic vocalisation traditions can identify linguistic impulses that subordinate hāʽedut and hammiṣwāh to the legal system of the Dtn. hattôrāh . This article details why, in the Hellenistic period, hattôrāh could have emerged from a reframing of the pre-existing hammiṣwāh , which other textual witnesses confirm is older than hattôrāh . |
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| ISSN: | 1613-0103 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/zaw-2025-2002 |
