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Divine Presence and Community: A Commentary on the Book of Leviticus (review)

Divine Presence and Community: A Commentary on the Book of Leviticus (review) ing a present situation or name). While Coats does not defme these tenns, the FOTL series editors have provided a helpful glossary which does. No one, however, ever defmes "tradition," the most important tenn of all. Obviously, then, Coat's work is not introductory. The reader needs prior acquaintance with both Exod 1-18 and fonn criticism to understand this highly technical work. The reader should also note that Coats's ultimate focus is the present text. Coats explicates that text's structure and seams. Given this focus, Coats never provides a detailed summary of the tradition history for Exod 1-18 as a whole. One can, of course, sunnise much of what Coats thinks on this point from his textually-directed comments. Depending upon one's critical tastes, this textual focus is the work's chief appeal or its most glaring weakness. Regardless of one's critical preferences, Coats's detailed analysis of textual structures is the work's greatest strength. That analysis and the extensive bibliographies (partly compiled by Coats and partly by the editors) for each unit make the work a valuable aid to understanding Exod 1-18. The work's chief weaknesses, as the editors note in their helpful introduction to the series, are simply those of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Hebrew Studies National Association of Professors of Hebrew

Divine Presence and Community: A Commentary on the Book of Leviticus (review)

Diamant, Sarah.
Hebrew Studies , Volume 41 (1) – Oct 5, 2000
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ing a present situation or name). While Coats does not defme these tenns, the FOTL series editors have provided a helpful glossary which does. No one, however, ever defmes "tradition," the most important tenn of all. Obviously, then, Coat's work is not introductory. The reader needs prior acquaintance with both Exod 1-18 and fonn criticism to understand this highly technical work. The reader should also note that Coats's ultimate focus is the present text. Coats explicates that text's structure and seams. Given this focus, Coats never provides a detailed summary of the tradition history for Exod 1-18 as a whole. One can, of course, sunnise much of what Coats thinks on this point from his textually-directed comments. Depending upon one's critical tastes, this textual focus is the work's chief appeal or its most glaring weakness. Regardless of one's critical preferences, Coats's detailed analysis of textual structures is the work's greatest strength. That analysis and the extensive bibliographies (partly compiled by Coats and partly by the editors) for each unit make the work a valuable aid to understanding Exod 1-18. The work's chief weaknesses, as the editors note in their helpful introduction to the series, are simply those of

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Published: Oct 5, 2000

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