Notes on Text and Translation
Diachronic Prologue
Part One: P and Non-P in Gen 5 (and Relations to non-P in Gen 4)
Part Two: A Priestly Toledot Book Standing Behind (most of) Gen 5
Part Three: Links of the Toledot Book to (a Late Iteration of) the Sumerian King List Tradition
Part Four: Scribal Adaptations of the Chronological System
Conclusion to the Diachronic Prologue
Synchronic Analysis
Overview
Commentary
Synthesis
Genesis 6:1–4: The Marriages of Sons of God with Human Daughters and Their Effects
Notes on Text and Translation
Diachronic Prologue
Genesis 6:1–4 as a Part of the Pre-P Primeval History
Traditional Precursors to Gen 6:1–4
Conclusion to the Diachronic Prologue
Synchronic Analysis
Overview
Commentary
Conclusion to the Synchronic Analysis
Synthesis
Genesis 6:5–9:17; 9:28–29: Noah and the Flood
Notes on Text and Translation
Diachronic Prologue
Preliminary Source Analysis of Gen 6:5–9:17
Non-Biblical Precursors to the Noah and Flood Story
Synchronic Analysis
Commentary on the Non-Priestly Story of the Flood and Noah
Diachronic Conclusions on the Non-P Synchronic Level of the Flood Narrative
Commentary on the Priestly Story of Noah and the Flood
Diachronic Conclusions on the Priestly Synchronic Level of the Flood Narrative
Comments on the Present Combined P/non-P Noah-Flood Story
Synthesis
Genesis 9:18–29: The Conclusion of the Noah Account—Noah and His Sons
Notes on Text and Translation
Diachronic Prologue
Genesis 9:18–27 as Pre-Priestly
Ancient Near Eastern Precursors
Literary Stratification: The Addition of Ham (Gen 9:18, 22) and the Spread of Noah’s Family (Gen 9:19)
Synchronic Analysis
Commentary
Concluding Overview of the Non-P Narrative of Noah and his Sons
Synthesis
Genesis 10:1–32: Post-Flood Peoples Descending from Noah’s Sons
Notes on Text and Translation
Introduction and Diachronic Prologue
Synchronic Analysis
Commentary on Pre-P Elements Embedded in Gen 10
Genesis 10:8(b)–12: A Non-Priestly Etiology of Mesopotamian cities and Kingship associated with Nimrod
Genesis 10:15 and 21: An Early Sequel to the Story of Noah and His Sons
Genesis 10:13–14: Egypt’s Fathering of Peoples
Genesis 10:16–19: An Expansion of the Report of Canaan’s Fathering
Conclusions on the Non-P Overview of Noah’s Offspring
Commentary on the P/Verbless Framework of Gen 10
Conclusions on P’s Treatment of the Descendants of Noah’s Sons
Comments on the Present (Conflated P/non-P) Overview of Noah’s Post-Flood Descendants
Synthesis
Genesis 11:1–9: Divine Prevention of Human Collective Power through Linguistic Confusion and the Scattering of Humans
Notes on Text and Translation
Introduction and Diachronic Prologue
Synchronic Analysis
Overview
Commentary
Conclusion to the Synchronic Reading of the Present Text
Diachronic Analysis
Proposed Literary Strata Inside Gen 11:1–9
Non-Biblical Precursors to Gen 11:1–9
Genesis 11:1–9 as part of the Pre-Priestly Primeval History
Synthesis
Genesis 11:10–26: The Genealogical Line from Shem to Abraham
Notes on Text and Translation
Diachronic Prologue
Synchronic Analysis
Synthesis
Selective Bibliography
Indexes
Index of Hebrew Words
Index of Key Words
Index of Biblical Citations
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Judges
Ruth
2 Samuel
1 Kings
1 Chronicles
4 Maccabees
Job
Psalms
Wisdom
Sirach
Isaiah
Ezekiel
Amos
Micah
Romans
1 Corinthians
1 Timothy
Hebrews
1 John
Revelation
Index of Other Ancient Literature
Plan of volumes
Editors’ Foreword
The International Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament (IECOT) offers a multi-perspectival interpretation of the books of the Old Testament to a broad, international audience of scholars, laypeople and pastors. Biblical commentaries too often reflect the fragmented character of contemporary biblical scholarship, where different geographical or methodological sub-groups of scholars pursue specific methodologies and/or theories with little engagement of alternative approaches. This series, published in English and German editions, brings together editors and authors from North America, Europe, and Israel with multiple exegetical perspectives.
From the outset the goal has been to publish a series that was “international, ecumenical and contemporary.” The international character is reflected in the composition of an editorial board with members from six countries and commentators representing a yet broader diversity of scholarly contexts.
The ecumenical dimension is reflected in at least two ways. First, both the editorial board and the list of authors includes scholars with a variety