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JOHANNES C. DE MOOR (ed.), Synchronic or Diachronic? A Debate on Method in Old Testament Exegesis: Papers Read at the Ninth Joint Meeting of het Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en Belgie and the Society for Old Testament Study, Held at Kampen, 1994 (OTS 34; Leiden/New York/Cologne: Brill, 1995). Pp. [x] + 255. Nlg 145, $93.75.
This volume contains the following papers: J. Barr, "The Synchronic, the Diachronic and the Historical: A Triangular Relationship" (pp. 1-14), W A. M. Beuken, "Isaiah 28: Is It Only Schismatics that Drink Heavily? Beyond the Synchronic versus Diachronic Controversy" (pp. 15-38), R. P. Carroll, "Synchronic Deconstructions of Jeremiah: Diachrony to the Rescue?" (pp. 39-51), D. J. A. Clines, "Beyond Synchronic/Diachronic" (pp. 52-71), M. Dijkstra, "The Geography of the Story of Balaam: Synchronic Reading as a Help to Date a Biblical Text" (pp. 72-97), J. Hoftijzer, "Holistic or Compositional Approach?" (pp. 98-114), P. M. Joyce, "Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives on Ezekiel" (pp. 115-28), E. Noort, "'Land' in the Deuteronomistic Tradition-Genesis 15: The Historical and Theological Necessity of a Diachronic Approach" (pp. 129-44), J. W Rogerson, "Synchrony and Diachrony in the Work of De Wette and Its Importance for Today" (pp. 145-58), K. Spronk, "Synchronic and Diachronic Approaches to the Book of Nahum" (pp. 159-86), E. Talstra, "Deuteronomy 9 and 10: Synchronic and Diachronic Observations" (pp. 187-210), E. J. Van Wolde, "Telling and Retelling: The Words of the Servant in Genesis 24" (pp. 227-44).
The major concern of the conference was the "paradigm shift" between methods of exegesis focused on the compositional history of the biblical text (labeled "diachronic," a term of convenience)...