Art and meaning : rhetoric in Biblical literature / edited by David J.A. Clines, David M. Gunn, and Alan J. Hauser.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clines, David J. A.

Gunn, D. M. (David M.)

Hauser, Alan J.

Series:

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 19.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series, 0309-0787 ; 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Rhetoric in the Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sheffield : JSOT Press, 1982.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Biblical authors were artists of language who created their meaning through their verbal artistry, their rhetoric. These twelve essays see meaning as ultimately inseparable from art and seek to understand the biblical literature with sensitivity to the writer's craft. Contents: David Clines, The Arguments of Job's Friends. George Coats, A Moses Legend in Numbers 12. Charles Davis, The Literary Structure of Luke 1-2. Cheryl Exum, A Literary Approach to Isaiah 28. David Gunn, Plot, Character and Theology in Exodus 1-14. Alan Hauser, Intimacy and Alienation in Genesis 2-3. Charles Isbell, Story L

Contents:

Contents; A Methodological Setting for Rhetorical Criticism; Genesis 2-3: The Theme of Intimacy and Alienation; The Structure of Exodus 1:1-14; ""A Plague on Both our Houses"": Form - and Rhetorical - Critical Observations on Exodus 7-11; The ""Hardening of Pharaoh's Heart"": Plot, Character and Theology in Exodus 1-14; Humility and Honor: A Moses Legend in Numbers 12; ""Whom will he teach knowledge?"": A Literary Approach to Isaiah 28; The Contribution of Rhetorical Criticism to Understanding Isaiah 51:1-16; ""Why have you abandoned me?"" A Rhetorical Study of Psalm 22

The Arguments of Job's Three Friends; The Literary Structure of Luke 1-2; Pattern in the Fourth Gospel; Index of Biblical References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611802318

9781281802316

128180231X

9780567405241

0567405249

OCLC:

276307111