List of Abbreviations Introduction L. S. Baker Jr., Kenneth Bergland, Felipe A. Masotti, and A. Rahel Wells Part 1: The Readability of the Pentateuch Chapter 1. Case Studies of Some Apparent Inconsistencies in the Pentateuch Roy E. Gane Chapter 2.

Contradiction, Coherence, and Composition Kenneth Bergland Chapter 3. Sophisticated Narrative Technique of the Pentateuch Noel K. Weeks Chapter 4. The Coherence and Internal Rationale of the Priestly Legislation in the Pentateuch with Special Attention to the "Guild Offering" Richard Averbeck Part 2: The Dating of Deuteronomy Chapter 5. Selective Literary Representation of Vassal Obsequiousness and Responsive Awareness in the Amarna Letters, the Hittite Treaty Prologues, and Deuteronomy 1-3 Felipe A. Masotti Chapter 6. Borrowed Curses: The Loyalty Oath of Esarhaddon, Deuteronomy 28:20-44, and a Premonarchic Date for the Earliest Edition of Deuteronomy Mark Steven Francois Chapter 7. The Tribes of Israel (Part 1): Their Significance for Assessing the Provenance of the Book of Deuteronomy Daniel I.

Block Chapter 8. The Tribes of Israel (Part 2): Their Significance for Assessing the Provenance of Deuteronomy 33 Daniel I. Block Part 3: The Dating of the Pentateuch Chapter 9. The Biblical Criticism of Ibn Hazm the Andalusian: A Medieval Control for Modern Diachronic Method Joshua Berman Chapter 10. Questions Concerning the Covenant Code in Light of the Hazor Legal Fragments Richard S. Hess Chapter 11. Three Turning Points in Research History Toward a Farewell to the Mosaic Origin of the Pentateuch: How Strong Are They? Benjamin Kilch.r Chapter 12.

Direction of Dependence in the AnimalRelated Sabbath Laws in the Pentateuch A. Rahel Wells Chapter 13. Did Postexilic Judaism Really Abandon Jerusalem and the Temple? A Discussion with Jean Louis Ska on the Absence of Zion Theology from the Pentateuch John S. Bergsma List of Contributors Subject Index Ancient Source Index.