God to the Letter: Alphabetical and Theological Thinking in the Hebrew Bible research-article Jean-Pierre Sonnet Zeitschrift für altorientalische und biblische Rechtsgeschichte, Jahrgang 27 (2021), Ausgabe 1, Seite 203 - 225
“It was at that time that…”: The rhetorical use of the formula בעת ההוא in Deuteronomy research-article Jean-Pierre Sonnet Zeitschrift für altorientalische und biblische Rechtsgeschichte, Jahrgang 26 (2020), Ausgabe 1, Seite 265 - 281 In fifteen instances between Deut 1 and 10, the Deuteronomic Moses makes use of the formula “At that time (בעת ההוא)”. In Deuteronomy, the phrase functions as a rhetorical marker, pertaining to Moses’ art of (re)telling. It announces what could be termed “authoritative secondary disclosures”: Moses reveals what was not told before in the way it is now presented. The formula could be paraphrased “It was (actually) at that time that…”, and it signals the filling of gaps in the overall fabula of Israel’s journey in the desert.