The articles gathered in this volume represent a sample of Jean-Louis Ska's attempts to approach the text of the Pentateuch from different perspectives and with the help of different methods. The texts studied have been at the centre of the debates on the Pentateuch in recent years: the story of the flood (Gen 6-9), the call of Abraham (Gen 12:1-4), God's covenant with Abraham (Gen 15), the Lord's apparition to Abraham in Mamre (Gen 18), the sacrifice of Isaac (Gen 22), the introduction to the Sinai covenant (Exod 19:3-6), and the meal and the vision on the mountain (Exod 24:9-11). Some key words in recent exegesis are also the object of a thorough examination, e.g. "narrator," "redactor," "critical exegesis." Recourse to different methods, whether diachronic or synchronic, is essential to make the music of ancient biblical texts sound forth.weiterlesen