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The Psalms and their readers : interpretive strategies for Psalm 18 / Donald K. Berry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berry, Donald K.
- Series:
- Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 153.
- Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 153
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rhetoric in the Bible.
- Bible. O.T. Psalms XVIII--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Psalms--Language, style.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (161 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Sheffield, England : JSOT Press, 1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A reader-oriented approach provides a substantially new angle of vision on Psalm 18 and Psalms study in general. Reader-based interpretation is compared to conventional methodologies by means of four separate analyses of Psalm 18: a textual study, a form-critical explication, a rhetorical study, and an experimental reader-oriented study involving the following strategies. Initially, the components of the text are considered as networks of signals for the reader. Secondly, the text's speech acts are isolated and typified. Thirdly, the ancient and contemporary contexts for the reading of the psa
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 TEXTUAL STUDY; Chapter 3 FORM-CRITICAL STUDY; Chapter 4 RHETORICAL STUDY; Chapter 5 READER-ORIENTED STUDY; Chapter 6 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786611803810
- 9781281803818
- 1281803812
- 9780567276735
- 0567276732
- OCLC:
- 277229404
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