Canon, intertextuality and history in Nehemiah 7:72B-10:40

dc.contributor.authorVenter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947-
dc.contributor.emailpm.venter@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-11-03T07:44:42Z
dc.date.available2009-11-03T07:44:42Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThe forming of the Hebrew Bible can be depicted as an ongoing movement from traditum to traditio. Several parallel and interactive phenomena contributed to this process. One of these was intertextuality, which played a major role in the process. This article indicates that intertextuality was not restricted to mere quotations or the recycling of existing traditum, but also included dialogue with older genres and existing ideological patterns. Aesthetic and polylogic intertextuality are shown to have been part of this process of inner-biblical exegesis. These two aspects of intertextuality are demonstrated in a discussion of the narrative in Nehemiah 7:72b. Aggadic exegesis linked to aesthetic intertextuality is found in several places in this passage. Polylogic intertextuality can be seen in the use of the Gattungen of Historical Review and Penitential Prayer in Nehemiah 9:1-37. These are linked to a Sitz im Leben during the fifth century BCE when an endeavour was made to find a new identity for the Judaeans.en_US
dc.identifier.citationVenter, PM 2009, 'Canon, intertextuality and history in Nehemiah 7:72B-10:40', HTS : Theological Studies, vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 1-8. [http://www.hts.org.za]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422
dc.identifier.other10.4102/hts.v65i1.135
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/11687
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherOpenJournalsen_US
dc.rights© 2009. The Authors. Licensee: OpenJournals Publishing. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_US
dc.subjectCanonen
dc.subjectHebrew Bibleen
dc.subjectBiblical exegesisen
dc.subject.lcshIntertextuality in the Bibleen
dc.subject.lcshBible -- O.T. -- Nehemiah -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.en
dc.titleCanon, intertextuality and history in Nehemiah 7:72B-10:40en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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