Abstract
This chapter investigates the so-called 'canon formula' found in Deut 13:1. The prohibitions against disloyalty in Esarhaddon's Succession Treaty (VTE § 10) have previously been recognized as an influence upon the Deuteronomic apostasy series (Deut 13:2-12). A similar origin for the canon formula of Deut 13:1 is proposed as part of the larger project of creative literary reworking. The implication of this model is that the canon formula, in form-critical terms, represents part of the adjuration to loyalty found in the literary model of the adê.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Scriptural Exegesis |
| Subtitle of host publication | The Shapes of Culture and the Religious Imagination Essays in Honour of Michael Fishbane |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780191709678 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780199206575 |
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| State | Published - May 1 2009 |
Keywords
- Biblical text
- Michael Fishbane
- Neo-Assyrian texts
- Succession treaty