The Pentateuch

This year we present the first of a two-year series on the dating of Pentateuchal sources P (2019) and D (2020).

• Todd Patterson, Matej Bel University, Introduction (5 min)
• Benjamin Kilchör, Staatsunabhängige Theologische Hochschule Basel
  Challenging the (Post-)Exilic Dating of P/H: The Most Important Issues (25 min)
• Kenneth Bergland, Independent scholar
  The Direction of Dependence Between Jer 34 and the Manumission Instructions in Torah (25 min)
• Carsten Vang, Lutheran School of Theology, Respondent (10 min)
• Markus Zehnder, Talbot School of Theology
  The Law on nevelah in Lev 17:15: What Does It Tell Us about the “Holiness Code” and Its Relationship with Deuteronomy? (25 min)
• Roy Gane, Andrews University, Respondent (10 min)
• Discussion (20 min)

Exploring the five books of Moses through historical background, diachronic and synchronic studies, and theological interpretation, with particular attention given to integrating these methods toward a better understanding of the Pentateuch itself or the role of the Pentateuch in Biblical Theology.

• Todd Patterson, Matej Bel University, Presiding

• Michael Cox, Trinity International University, Presiding

• Todd Patterson, Matej Bel University, Welcome (5 min)

• Josef Sykora, Northeastern Seminary at Roberts Wesleyan College
  Judah’s Rewriting of Israel’s Tradition: The Composition of Genesis 37-50 and the Concept of Election (20 min)

• Discussion (10 min)

• Benjamin J. Noonan, Columbia Biblical Seminary
  High-Handed Sin and the Promised Land: The Rhetorical Relationship between Law and Narrative in Numbers 15 (20 min)

• Discussion (10 min)

• Break (5 min)

• Marina Hofman Willard, Palm Beach Atlantic University
  Understanding Violence and Divine Activity in Exodus in the Context of the Midwives' Narrative in Exodus 1 (20 min)

• Discussion (10 min)

• General Discussion

• Discussion (20 min)