This volume contains contributions to Pentateuch research from the past twenty years, arranged according to thematic criteria, which are further explained in the introductions to the five sections and placed within the broader context of Pentateuch analysis: the literary problem of the Pentateuch; ancient history and patriarchs; the law between exodus and Canaan; the Torah and former prophets; the reception of the Torah in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Reinhard G. Kratz, University of Göttingen, Germany.