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Memoir of Moses

The Literary Creation of Covenantal Memory in Deuteronomy
  • ISBN-13: 9781978706903
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: FORTRESS ACADEMIC
  • By A.J. Culp
  • Price: AUD $240.00
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  • Local release date: 14/01/2020
  • Format: Hardback 246 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Judaism [HRJ]
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The Book of Deuteronomy characterizes memory as the key to Israel's covenantal loyalty and commands its cultivation in the generations to come, and portrays itself as the foundation for this ongoing memory program. For this reason, Deuteronomy is rightly considered to be an ancient collective memory text. However, recent scholarship has not focused on the book as a formative agent, leaving fundamental questions about the book unanswered: Why does Deuteronomy see memory as important in the first place? How does it seek to cultivate this memory in the people? A. J. Culp answers these questions by exploring Deuteronomy as a formative memory text and bringing contemporary memory theory into dialogue with biblical scholarship.Culp shows that Deuteronomy has tailored memory to its unique theology and purposes, a fact that both illuminates puzzling aspects of the text and challenges long-held views in scholarship, such as those regarding aniconism.
Introduction Chapter 1 A Path Overgrown: Scripture as a Memory Producer Chapter 2 What Your Eyes Have (Not) Seen: Deuteronomy as Collective Memory Chapter 3 You Who Stand Here Today: From Collective Memory to Autobiography Chapter 4 Making Memories: Identifying Deuteronomy's Memory Vectors Chapter 5 Emplotting Memory: Story as Memory Vector Chapter 6 Sedimenting Memory: Ritual as a Memory Vector Chapter 7 Emoting Memory: Song as Memory Vector Conclusion A Wrinkle in Time: Memory as Portal into the Divine Presence
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