Closure in Biblical narrative [electronic resource] / by Susan Zeelander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zeelander, Susan.

Series:

Biblical interpretation series ; v. 111.

Biblical interpretation series, 0928-0731 ; v. 111

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Closure (Rhetoric) in the Bible.

Bible. Genesis--Criticism, Narrative.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There has been much discussion of narrative aspects of the Bible in recent years, but the ends of biblical narratives – how the ends contribute to closure for their stories and how the ending strategies affect the whole narrative – have not been studied comprehensively. This study shows how the writers and editors of short narratives in Genesis gave their stories a sense of closure (or in a few cases, the sense of non-closure). Multiple and sometimes unexpected, forms of closure are identified; together these form a set of closural conventions. This contribution to narrative poetics of the Hebrew Bible in the light of source criticism will also be valuable to those who are interested in narrative and in concepts of closure.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

One Introduction

Two Issues and Methods

Three Repetition

Four Linguistic Devices

Five Etiologies and Proverbs

Six Rituals at the Ends of Narratives

Seven Closure and Anti-Closure: Philosophical, Psychological, Experiential, and Psycho-Linguistic Components

Eight Conclusion and Epilogue

Bibliography

Index of Biblical Narratives, Post-Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Texts Cited

Index of Subjects

Index of Kafalenos Paradigms

Index of Authors Cited.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-39594-0

9786613395948

90-04-22130-1

OCLC:

769927256

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004221307 DOI