Between Tradition and Innovation. Interpretation of the Book of Numbers in Literary and Theological Respect

该项目侧重于民数记在文学史，叙事学和神学方面的关键作用。它还探讨了数字书在构成摩西五经（创世记-申命记）和六经（创世记-约书亚记）中的作用。该项目旨在突出这本书的主题特征（十二部落系统，仪式，等级崇拜秩序，以色列作为一个民族的祝福，东约旦的土地概念，女儿的继承法，处理陌生人等）在公元前四世纪的文学过程中。这本书被理解为对给定文本和法律材料的解释（内在圣经解释）。同样，这也是后流放时期为集体“以色列”而进行的斗争。这一假设强化了一种观点，即通过接近传统，书籍在身份建构过程中具有特殊的功能。这一创新的立场得到了两个侧面论据的支持：由于将宪法（虚构的）置于土地之外，这本书为“全以色列十二个部落”中的竞争团体提供了一个共同的参考点。在这个概念中，土地的定义是如此广泛，以至于波斯省yeh<s:1>以外的群体（特别是外约旦人）也可以被包括在“全以色列十二个部落”中。对于那些流亡在巴比伦或埃及的人来说，《摩西五经》为以色列的集体认同提供了一个构成基础。该项目将申请人的准备工作与一篇全面的论文结合起来，并从概念上准备了《Numeri》一书的评论。

The project focuses on the key role of the book of Numbers in terms of literary history, narratology, and theology. It also approaches the role of the book of numbers in the composition of the Pentateuch (Genesis-Deuteronomy) and the Hexateuch (Genesis-Joshua). The project aims at highlighting the thematic features of the book (the twelve-tribe-system, rituals, hierarchical cultic order, blessing of Israel as a people, land conception in East Jordan, inheritance law of daughters, dealing with strangers, etc.) within the literary process of the fourth century B.C.E. The book is understood as an interpretation of given texts and legal material (inner biblical interpretation), and likewise as a struggle for the collective 'Israel' in the late postexilic period. The hypothesis strengthens the view, that the book has a particular function in the identity-building processes by approaching tradition. The innovative position is supported by two flanking arguments: As a result of placing the constitution (fictitiously) outside the land, the book provides a common reference point for the rivaling groups in the 'twelve-tribe-all-Israel'. Within this concept the land is so broadly defined that groups outside the Persian province of Yehûd (particular the Transjordan people) can also be included into the 'twelve-tribe-all-Israel'. For those living in exile in Babylonia or Egypt, the Torah provides a constitutive basis for collective Israel identity. The project combines the preparatory work of the applicant with a comprehensive thesis and prepares the commentary of the book Numeri conceptually.