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Primitive Saga Men

Primitive Saga Men PRIMITIVE SAGA MEN by SEAN M. WARNER Cincinnati The purpose of this article 1) is to examine Gunkel's contribution to our understanding of the pre-literary development of the Genesis patriarchal narratives. The article will be in two parts. We shall ex- amine a) the anthropological presuppositions of Gunkel in the first edition of his commentary Genesis (G6ttingen, 1901), and b) the pre- suppositions in the third edition (1910). We shall show that, although the presuppositions which Gunkel uses are different in each edition, both sets are either invalid or seriously debatable. It is not our intention to produce an essay of interest only to those scholars concerned with the history of Old Testament scholarship. It is important to discuss Gunkel's contribution to this problem pre- cisely because his influence is still so very great. Although his original hypothesis has been modified in certain ways since his death, the basic approach and method which he developed are still accepted by most form-critics and traditio-historians 2). In offering a critique of his thought, therefore, we hope to make clear the need for a fundamental reappraisal of the notion of an oral, pre-literary phase within the development of the Genesis stories. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vetus Testamentum Brill

Primitive Saga Men

Warner, Sean M.
Vetus Testamentum , Volume 29 (3): 325 – Jan 1, 1979
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Brill
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© 1979 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0042-4935
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10.1163/156853379X00328
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PRIMITIVE SAGA MEN by SEAN M. WARNER Cincinnati The purpose of this article 1) is to examine Gunkel's contribution to our understanding of the pre-literary development of the Genesis patriarchal narratives. The article will be in two parts. We shall ex- amine a) the anthropological presuppositions of Gunkel in the first edition of his commentary Genesis (G6ttingen, 1901), and b) the pre- suppositions in the third edition (1910). We shall show that, although the presuppositions which Gunkel uses are different in each edition, both sets are either invalid or seriously debatable. It is not our intention to produce an essay of interest only to those scholars concerned with the history of Old Testament scholarship. It is important to discuss Gunkel's contribution to this problem pre- cisely because his influence is still so very great. Although his original hypothesis has been modified in certain ways since his death, the basic approach and method which he developed are still accepted by most form-critics and traditio-historians 2). In offering a critique of his thought, therefore, we hope to make clear the need for a fundamental reappraisal of the notion of an oral, pre-literary phase within the development of the Genesis stories.

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Published: Jan 1, 1979

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