Literary Artistry in Leviticus (Biblical Interpretation Series)

274 Pages·1999·12.17 MB·English

by  Wilfried Warning

LITERARY ARTISTRY IN LEVITICUS
BIBLICAL
INTERPRETATION
SERIES
Editors
R. ALAN CULPEPPER
ROLF RENDTORFF
Assistant Editor
DAVID E. ORTON
Editorial Advisory Board
JANICE CAPEL ANDERSON ־ MIEKE BAL
PHYLLIS A. BIRD · ERHARD BLUM ־ ROBERT P. CARROLL
WERNER H. KELBER · EKKEHARD STEGEMANN
ANTHONY C. THISELTON · VINCENT L. WIMBUSH · JEAN ZUMSTEIN
VOLUME 35
'6
8ל '
LITERARY ARTISTRY
IN LEVITICUS
BY
WILFRIED WARNING
' / 6 8 י '
BRILL
LEIDEN · BOSTON · KÖLN
1999
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Warning, Wilfried.
Literary artistry in Leviticus / by Wilfried Warning.
p. cm. — (Biblical interpretation series, ISSN 0928-0731 ;
v. 35)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 9004112359
1. Bible. O.T. Leviticus—Criticism, interpretation, etc.
2. Bible. O.T. Leviticus—Language, style. I. Title.
II. Series.
BS1255.2.W37 1998
222'. 1306—dc21 98-30142
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Warning, Wilfried:
Literary artistry in Leviticus / by Wilfried Warning. - Leiden ;
Boston ; Köln : Brill, 1998
(Biblical interpretation series ; Vol. 35)
ISBN 90-04-11235-9
ISSN 0928-0731
ISBN 90 04 11235 9
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Abbreviations xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xv
I INTRODUCTION 1
Introduction and Statement of the Problem 1
Purpose and Scope of Study 7
Review of Literature 7
Recent Studies on "P" and "H" 8
Recently Suggested Structures 14
Justification for the Study 19
Methodology and Delimitations 20
Considerations on Rhetorical Criticism 20
Definitions 22
Procedure 25
The Number "Seven" 27
Chiastic Structures 30
Numerological Structures 32
Open-Envelope Structures 32
Envelope Structures 33
Identical Verbal/Nominal Structures 33
Summary 34
II THE DIVINE SPEECHES 37
The Thirty-Seven DS of Leviticus 38
Lev 16:1—A Distinct DS? , 42
The Structural Role of Lev 1-3 and 27 46
Lev 11 49
The Noun המהב 50
The Verb עגנ 51
The Verb הלע 52
The Noun ץרא 53
The Noun שפנ 54
The Noun היח 55
The Particle לכ 56
Excursus: Lev 1-5 in Relation to 6-7 57
Summary and Conclusions 62
III MICROSTRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF LEVITICUS.... 65
The Verb רבה as Structural Device 65
Structures Based on the Number Seven 66
The לכ Structure in Lev 1-3 67
The לכ Structure in Lev 8:1-10:7 70
The לכ Particle in Lev 14 72
The לכ Particle in Lev 27 73
The Noun םר in Lev 6:1-7:37 73
The Noun םד in Lev 14 74
The Noun שא in Lev 8:1-10:7 75
The Root שדק in Lev 10:8-20 76
The Term ל ץוחמ in Lev 13-14 76
The Noun ץרא in Lev 19 77
The Verb ןתנ in Lev 20 78
The Verb היה in Lev 22 80
The Noun גח and the Verb גגח in Lev 23 81
Chiastic Structures 82
The Noun שפנ in Lev 4-5 82
The Verb רטק in Lev 6-7 84
The Verb טחש in Lev 14 85
The Noun דגב in Lev 16 86
The Noun הכאלמ in Lev 23 89
The Phrase םכל היהי in Lev 23 90
Excursus: Lev 24 in Its Present Position 92
The Verbs בקנ and ללק in Lev 24 96
The Noun ρ in Lev 24 and 27 97
The Phrase םירצמ ץרא in Lev 25-26 98
The Verb לעג in Lev 26 100
Numerological Structures 101
The Phrase ייל (חחינ חיר) השא in Lev 1-3 102
Numerals in Lev 13-14 103
The Verb חקל in Lev 14 105
The Verb ץחר in Lev 15 106
The Phrase (םכיהלא)יי ינא in Lev 19 107
The Noun שדח in Lev 23 and Num 28-29 109
The Verb ןתנ in Lev 14 and 25-26 110
The Noun ץרא in Lev 25-26 113
Open-Envelope Structures 115
The Divine ינא in Lev 18 115
The Verb תומ in Lev 20 116
The Term שיא / שיא שיא in Lev 22 117
The Noun תירב and the Verb ררפ in Lev 26 118
The Noun לקש in Lev 27 119
Envelope Structures 120
The Verb אצי in Lev 8-10 120
The Phrase דעומ להא חתפ in Lev 17 121
The Noun הקח in Lev 18 121
A Wordplay on השא and השא in Lev 21 122
The Verb הצר and the Noun ןוצר in Lev 22 123
Identical Verbal/ Nominal Forms 124
The Verb אוב in Lev 16 124
The Verb השע in Lev 23 126
Summary and Conclusions 129
IV MACROSTRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF LEVITICUS .. 133
Seven-part Structures 133
The Noun תכרפ 133
The Verb רבש 134
The Noun יוג 135
Chiastic Structures 136
The Verb קצי 136
The Verb לבט 138
The Phrase םירצמ ץרא 139
Numerological Structures 142
The Noun תוילכ 142
The Verb חלס 143
The Verb אצמ 144
The Verb חלש 145
The Verb ארי 146
The Phrase חבזמה דוסי לא 147
The Noun ןרק 148
The Noun רקב 149
The Verb ךפש 150
The Phrase ביבס חבזמה לע 152
The Noun ריעש 152