Standards of (in)coherence in ancient Jewish literature

David Andrew Teeter; William Tooman

doi:10.1628/hebai-2020-0009

Standards of (in)coherence in ancient Jewish literature

David Andrew Teeter, William Tooman

School of Divinity

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In this article, we sketch an anatomy of issues and decisions that must be navigated in any attempt to understand coherence and incoherence in ancient Jewish literature, including: the meaning of »coherence,« its relationship to »unity,« the suitability of modern standards of (in)coherence to ancient texts, and the availability of ancient standards of (in)coherence. We argue that modern perspectival representation and modern standards of literary (in)coherence are not necessarily appropriate to ancient Jewish literature, and we propose that these issues can only be properly approached after undertaking an inductive, comprehensive analysis of the ancient Jewish literature itself, in effect, learning the »ways of the text.«

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	94-129
Number of pages	36
Journal	Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel
Volume	9
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1628/hebai-2020-0009
Publication status	Published - 27 Jul 2020

Keywords

Coherence
Incoherence
Ancient Jewish literature
Egyptian art
Modern art
Cohesion
Text linguistics
Hermeneutics
Empirical models
Biblical criticism
Historical criticism
Literary criticism
Literary approach
Unity
Literary unity

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- School of Divinity - Principal of St Mary's College, Head of School, Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism
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Standards of (in)coherence in ancient Jewish literature
Teeter, D. A. (Editor) & Tooman, W. (Editor), 27 Jul 2020, In: Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel. 9, 2
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