Like Unto Moses: The Constituting of an Interruption (Indiana Studies in Biblical Literature)

Like Unto Moses: The Constituting of an Interruption (Indiana Studies in Biblical Literature) by Nohrnberg, James. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780253340900.

"This exhaustive and important study of the meaning of Moses in the Bible demonstrates conclusively ‘the Mosaicization of the canon’... Nohrnberg possesses a remarkable typological imagination. No summary can do justice to the sheer brilliance of the congruities and disparities he discovers on every page." —Journal of Religion "LIKE UNTO MOSES proposes a series of challenging perspectives on the process of canon-formation in the Bible. James Nohrnbergs ability to trace connections among different elements of the biblical corpus is unflaggingly resourceful, sometimes provocative, and often deeply instructive." —Robert Alter "... an insightful study of the traditions of Moses in the Bible." —Choice "This is a formidably argued, large book.... It is also certainly the most sophisticated book on Moses and one of the most sophisticated readings of the Bible which I have ever had the pleasure of reading.... I think it is a brilliant achievement and would recommend it to every reader of the Bible." —R. P. Carroll, The Society for Old Testament Study Book List The Moses of the Bible is a veiled figure who exists both inside and outside the text which describes and defines him. "Moses" is a creation of Israelite literary and scriptural tradition, an ideological construct, a reinvented memory, a projection of what Israel wished to see in Moses. Nohrnberg examines the texts of "Moses" for their representation of the tradition’s self-doubt and its revisionary, "deuteronomic" content.