David Weiss Halivni
Revelation Restored: Divine Writ and Critical Responses
- ISBN 13:
- 9780813333472
- author:
- David Weiss Halivni
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Taylor & Francis INC International Concepts
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1998
- Pages:
- 144
- Genre:
- Popular Philosophy
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Pentateuch's inconsistencies pose a challenge to those who believe in divine revelation. David Weiss Halivni explores this issue by accepting the text's flaws and asking how they might still be a divine legacy. The problem of human intervention in the Pentateuchal scriptures is not new, even among modern textual scholars. The earliest stewards of the Torah, including some represented in the Bible itself, were aware of discrepancies within the tradition. Sensitive readers have long perceived these inconsistencies and responded to them in different ways. Halivni's work asserts that acknowledging human intervention in the Pentateuchal text is not alien to the Biblical or Rabbinic tradition and need not belie the tradition of revelation.