Understanding the Pentateuch As a Scripture.

Intro -- TITLE PAGE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF BOXES -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1 RITUALIZED TEXT -- Torah and Pentateuch -- Scripture and Ritual -- The Three Dimensions of Written Texts -- Ritualizing Scriptures in Three Dimensions -- The Pentateuch in Three Dimensions -- Scripturalizing Torah in the Time of Ezra -- Reading the Pentateuch as a Scripture -- 2 TEXTUAL RHETORIC -- The Pentateuch as Literature -- The Pentateuch as Rhetoric -- Logos: The Story‐List‐Sanction Rhetorical Strategy -- Ethos and Pathos in Pentateuchal Rhetoric -- 3 SCROLL, TABLET, AND CODEX -- The Iconic Dimension of Scriptures -- The Pentateuch's Iconic Dimension After Ezra -- The Pentateuch's Iconic Dimension Before Ezra -- 4 READING, PERFORMANCE, AND ART -- The Performative Dimension of Scriptures -- The Pentateuch's Performative Dimension After Ezra -- The Pentateuch's Performative Dimension Before Ezra -- 5 TEXTUAL INTERPRETATION -- The Semantic Dimension of Scriptures -- The Pentateuch's Semantic Dimension After Ezra -- The Pentateuch's Semantic Dimension Before Ezra -- 6 SCRIPTURES -- Scripturalization and Canonization -- In the Time of Judah Maccabee -- Understanding the Tanak as a Scripture -- In the Time of Judah Ha‐Nasi -- In the Time of Irenaeus -- Understanding the Bible as a Scripture -- INDEX OF QUOTATIONS AND CITATIONS OF BIBLICAL AND RABBINIC TEXTS -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND AUTHORS -- END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT.

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