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Patterns of Destiny Narrative Structures of Foundation and Doom in the Hebrew Bible / Diane M. Sharon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sharon, Diane M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Drinking in the Bible.
- Dinners and dining in the Bible.
- Bible as literature.
- Structuralist criticism of sacred works.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Livres electroniques.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (258 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Diane Sharon uses the tools of structuralist literary criticism to uncover social and theological patterns in biblical literature. She provides a brief framework for understanding the approach used in her study, then demonstrates that the notion of destiny, specifically the ideas of establishment / foundation and condemnation / doom, are embedded in narrative that includes an eating and drinking event.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Structuralism, Proppian Analysis, and Biblical Narrative
- Chapter 3: Eating and Drinking as Variables in Biblical Narrative
- Chapter 4: The Unexpected Absence of Eating and Drinking
- Chapter 5: Patterns of Destiny: Eating and Drinking as Constants within the Establishment/Foundation Genre
- Chapter 6: Patterns of Destiny: Eating and Drinking as Constants within the Condemnation/Doom Genre
- Chapter 7: Patterns of Destiny: Variations and Adaptations
- Chapter 8: Summary and Conclusion
- Bibliography of Works Cited
- Index of Authors Cited
- Index of Scripture Citations
- Notes:
- TRAITEMENT SOMMAIRE.
- Titre de l'ecran-titre (visionne le 7 fevr. 2014).
- Revision and expansion of the author's thesis (doctoral), The literary function of eating and drinking in Hebrew Bible narrative with reference to the literatures of the ancient Near East--Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York, 1995.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-232) and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781575065250
- 1575065258
- OCLC:
- 747412029
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