Not in Heaven: Coherence and Complexity in Biblical NarrativeJason Philip Rosenblatt, Joseph C. Sitterson (Jr.) Indiana University Press, 1991 - 262 oldal Ograve; . . . frac12;Not in Heaven is valuable, not only to professional Bible scholars but to all who love the Book of books. If there are seventy faces to the Torah, as the midrash claims, this book illuminates several more.Oacute;Ecirc;Ntilde;Conservative Judaism Ograve;A stimulating collection.Oacute;Ecirc;Ntilde;Literature and Theology Ograve;In short, this collection of essays offers a variety of literary responses to the problems of biblical exegesis, and contributes positively to the dialogue between the two disciplines. No scholar interested in the Bible as literature can afford to ignore it.Oacute; Ntilde;Cithara Distinguished literary critics and biblical scholars illuminate texts from the creation accounts of Genesis to the parables of Mark, addressing questions such as the interpretive tensions within the text and relationships between literature and ideology. The contributors are Robert Alter, Adele Berlin, John Drury, Bernard M. Levinson, William T. McBride, James C. Nohrnberg, James A. Sanders, Regina Schwartz, Meir Sternberg, and Phyllis Trible. |
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78. oldal
... King Saul is guilty of disobedience to God ; with Cain , King David is guilty of murder ; with the builders of Babel , King Solomon is guilty of a cultural imperialism and pluralism that cannot hold the kingdom together . 18 It is as if ...
... King Saul is guilty of disobedience to God ; with Cain , King David is guilty of murder ; with the builders of Babel , King Solomon is guilty of a cultural imperialism and pluralism that cannot hold the kingdom together . 18 It is as if ...
90. oldal
... king hears the story of two women in such desperate straits that they have agreed to eat their sons on successive days . One child has been eaten , and now the mother of this child cries out to the king , because the other woman has ...
... king hears the story of two women in such desperate straits that they have agreed to eat their sons on successive days . One child has been eaten , and now the mother of this child cries out to the king , because the other woman has ...
221. oldal
... king un- bidden and is rewarded ; Vashti risks displeasure by not appearing and is punished . Haman hazards ten thousand talents of silver to see his plan through ; Esther wagers her life twice ( “ If I perish , I perish , " 4 : 15 ) by ...
... king un- bidden and is rewarded ; Vashti risks displeasure by not appearing and is punished . Haman hazards ten thousand talents of silver to see his plan through ; Esther wagers her life twice ( “ If I perish , I perish , " 4 : 15 ) by ...
Tartalomjegyzék
Biblical Imperatives and Literary Play | 13 |
The Indirections of Biblical | 28 |
Princely Characters | 58 |
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Not in Heaven: Coherence and Complexity in Biblical Narrative Jason Philip Rosenblatt,Joseph C. Sitterson (Jr.) Korlátozott előnézet - 1991 |
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
Abraham ancient Israel authority Bathsheba Bible's Biblical Narrative biblical text Binding of Isaac Book of Esther Books of Samuel bread brothers burial canon cave chapter characters chiasm chiastic Christian coherence context critics death Deuteronomy diachronic dialogue divine double dreams Egypt Ephron exegesis exegetical father Genesis Genesis 22 God's Hagar Haman Hebrew Bible hermeneutics Hittites human interpretation Isaac Israelite Jacob Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews Joseph and David Joseph story Joshua Judah king kingship land legal corpora literary literature Lord Machpelah Mark's means Michal Midrash monotheizing Mordecai Moses Nabal Nahor narrator narrator's Noah original patriarchal Pharaoh poetics political princely promise prophets pseudepigraphic question rabbinic reader reading repetition revelation Robert Alter Samuel Sarah Sarai Saul scholars Scripture sense sexual showbread Solomon Sternberg story Talmud textual tion tive Torah tradition University Press Vashti verb verse woman words Xerxes Xerxes's Yahweh Yhwh
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