“Midianite Men, Merchants” (Gen 37:28): Linguistic, Literary, and Historical Perspectives

IF 0.3 3区 哲学 0 RELIGION VETUS TESTAMENTUM Pub Date : 2022-06-06 DOI:10.1163/15685330-bja10082
R. Steiner
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An important method of resolving contradictions in the Bible was developed by Saadia Gaon and Menasseh ben Israel based on the writings of Aristotle. It is rooted in the insight that failure to recognize linguistic ambiguity is a common source of apparent contradiction—in the Bible as elsewhere. In the case of the apparent Ishmaelite/Midianite contradiction, the crucial ambiguity—overlooked by critics of all persuasions—is syntactic. There is a second syntactic reading of וַיַּעַבְרוּ אֲנָשִׁים מִדְיָנִים סֹחֲרִים that eliminates the contradiction and solves other problems, leaving only a lack of uniformity. For the latter, there are three literary explanations, which complement each other. They involve (1) stylistic variation, (2) subjective perspective (based on the historical context), and (3) keywords and foreshadowing.
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“米甸人、商人”(创37:28):语言、文学和历史的观点
解决圣经中矛盾的一个重要方法是由以色列的Saadia Gaon和Menasseh在亚里士多德的著作基础上提出的。它根植于这样一种见解,即未能认识到语言歧义是明显矛盾的常见来源——在圣经和其他地方都是如此。在以实玛利人/米甸人明显矛盾的例子中,关键的歧义——被所有论据的批评者所忽视——是句法上的。有一种第二种语法读法,就是把矛盾消除了,把其他问题解决了,只留下不统一的地方。对于后者,有三种文学解释,它们相辅相成。它们包括(1)风格变化;(2)主观视角(基于历史语境);(3)关键词和伏笔。
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期刊介绍: Vetus Testamentum is a leading journal covering all aspects of Old Testament study. It includes articles on history, literature, religion and theology, text, versions, language, and the bearing on the Old Testament of archaeology and the study of the Ancient Near East. ● Since 1951 generally recognized to be indispensable for scholarly work on the Old Testament. ● Articles of interest in English, French and German. ● Detailed book review section in every issue.
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