Sailhamer-
The Meaning of the Pentateuch
Introduction (pp. 14-17)
The Prophetic Echo
• “The prophets relied heavily on the Pentateuch and on each other’s ‘comments’ (e.g. 1Sam 2:10) and ‘glosses’ on the Pentateuch.” (14)
• “Prophecy thus had an echo effect as it made its way through the books of the OT. One prophet’s words were heard by another, exegeted, and sent back as an echo of those earlier prophetic words. Each time the prophet’s words were heard and echoed, new clarity and relevance were revealed. (15)
The TaNaK
• “… there is ‘intelligent life’ behind the composition of the biblical books.
• “Those who assembled the OT into its present shape were devout students of Scripture. Many of the individual books of Scripture had been studied and meditated upon for centuries. … Leaders such as Ezra, entrusted with the task of collecting and arranging the OT Scriptures, understood their task as, in part, providing these OT texts with an appropriate commentary. According to Nehemiah 8:8, they read the Scriptures and provided them with commentary and insight as they went. In many cases, their commentary aimed at highlighting the messianic features of these biblical texts. A celebrated example of messiancially tinted canonical shape is the notice of the death of Moses at the end of the Pentateuch (Deut 34). (17)
The Meaning of the Pentateuch
Introduction (pp. 14-17)
The Prophetic Echo
• “The prophets relied heavily on the Pentateuch and on each other’s ‘comments’ (e.g. 1Sam 2:10) and ‘glosses’ on the Pentateuch.” (14)
• “Prophecy thus had an echo effect as it made its way through the books of the OT. One prophet’s words were heard by another, exegeted, and sent back as an echo of those earlier prophetic words. Each time the prophet’s words were heard and echoed, new clarity and relevance were revealed. (15)
The TaNaK
• “… there is ‘intelligent life’ behind the composition of the biblical books.
• “Those who assembled the OT into its present shape were devout students of Scripture. Many of the individual books of Scripture had been studied and meditated upon for centuries. … Leaders such as Ezra, entrusted with the task of collecting and arranging the OT Scriptures, understood their task as, in part, providing these OT texts with an appropriate commentary. According to Nehemiah 8:8, they read the Scriptures and provided them with commentary and insight as they went. In many cases, their commentary aimed at highlighting the messianic features of these biblical texts. A celebrated example of messiancially tinted canonical shape is the notice of the death of Moses at the end of the Pentateuch (Deut 34). (17)
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