Abstract:
The composition of the Sinai pericope presents the reader with several literary problems, with
specific reference to the incoherence of the text caused by textual irregularities in the sense of
time, genre and theological issues. The chronological issues have led to the proposal that the
legal codes (The Decalogue and Covenant Code) were interpolated into a broader narrative
framework. Several scholars have attempted to unravel the Sinai pericope with diachronic or
synchronic tools. This article investigates several solutions in order to understand Eckart
Otto’s contribution to the current debate.
INTRADISCIPLINARY AND/OR INTERDISCIPLINARY IMPLICATIONS : This article engages literary criticism
and hermeneutics to evaluate Eckart Otto’s solution in the broader framework of the history of
research.
