Language:
English
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
Hebrew Union College Annual
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2019) 121-140
Keywords:
Moses
;
Bible. Criticism, Redaction
;
Sin Biblical teaching
;
Transjordan
;
Eretz Israel In the Bible
Abstract:
The Pentateuch contains more than one explanation for why Moses is buried in the Transjordan. This demonstrates both that the tradition is ancient and that later biblical authors had a problem with it. When we attempt to trace the contours of this ancient tradition, we find a Moses who was a local leader and holy man among the Reubenites and is credited with the conquest of their territory. A YHWH temple stood in the area of his tomb. Over time, as the Cisjordan became the dominant area for Israel, and the Transjordan lost its legitimacy, attempts to explain the anomaly that the greatest Israelite leader in history is buried outside Israel proper needed to be explained. This is the origin of the narrative concerning Moses's sin.
DOI:
10.15650/hebruniocollannu.90.2019.0121
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