The Motif of Generational Change in the Old Testament: A Literary and Lexicological Study - Tapa dura

"Paola Mollo offers some interesting reflections on historical responsibility. In the early period of Israel's history down until the time of Judges, the collective responsibility of the people is most frequently enhanced, where as the Books of Samuel and Kings will underlie the individual responsibility of the kings. This would explain why the word dor ("generation") disappears from the texts after the Book of Judges." - Jean Louis Ska, Professor of Old Testament Exegesis, Pontifical Biblical Institute - Rome. "This book contributes to scholarship in that it creates and describes a new notion within Biblical Studies, the theme of generational change, paving the way for further research studies and discussion within the flourishing field of Biblical historiography and history writing. Dr Mollo's work offers a new and intriguing interpretation of several biblical narratives from the Book of Genesis to Judges, reading them in relation with the theme of generational change which is shared to varying degrees by all." - Corrado Martone, Associate Professor Hebrew, University of Turin.

This pioneering study opens the way for new developments in the field of biblical history writing - e.g. the study of the formation process of this and others through patterns and literary topoi within biblical narrative. The contribution this book makes is the investigation of the DOR and the theme of generational change as narrative tools playing an important role in biblical history writing.