{"product_id":"the-life-of-moses-the-yahwist-as-historian-in-exodusnumbers","title":"The Life of Moses: The Yahwist As Historian in Exodus-Numbers","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis companion to Prologue to History: The Yahwist as Historian in Genesis continues the argument that the Yahwist was an antiquarian historian concerned with reconstructing the origins of Israel. Here  John Van Seters examines the corpus of the Yahwist in Exodus-Numbers and explores the literary nature of the work  its limits in the text  its relationship to the history of Deuteronomy to 2 Kings  and its dating in the exilic period. He shows how J  the literary work attributed to the Yahwist  integrates a wide diversity of themes and subjects around the biography of Moses. This book will provide a better understanding of the unity and integrity of Exodus-Numbers in the context of other writings and the general history of the exilic period. It disputes the widely held view that J is merely a collection of accumulated traditions. In Van Seterss view  Js portrayal of Moses is heavily influenced by prophetic biography and conventional historiographic forms and models  allowing the Yahwist to express a number of major theological themes that address the religious concerns of the exilic period and the diaspora community.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44959044632629,"sku":"ByrdShop_066422038X","price":32.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780664220389.jpg?v=1770372219","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-life-of-moses-the-yahwist-as-historian-in-exodusnumbers","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}