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Retelling the Torah : the Deuteronomistic historian's use of Tetrateuchal narratives / John E. Harvey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harvey, John E., 1965-
- Series:
- Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 403.
- Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 403
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, Narrative.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament--Language, style.
- Narration in the Bible.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (136 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : T & T Clark International, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- The Deuteronomistic Historian patterned more than four dozen of his narratives after those in Genesis-Numbers. The stories that make up Genesis-Numbers were indelibly impressed on the Deuteronomistic Historian's mind, to such an extent that in Deuteronomy-Kings he tells the stories of the nation through the lens of Genesis-Numbers.John Harvey discusses the eight criteria which may be used as evidence that the given stories in Deuteronomy-Kings were based on those in Genesis-Numbers. Unified accounts in the Deuteronomistic History, for instance, often share striking parallels with two or more r
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 DTR's USE OF HIS TORAH IN DEUTERONOMY 1-3; Chapter 2 THE GENESIS OF THE PARALLEL NARRATIVES; Chapter 3 DTR'S TORAH-CONSCIOUSNESS; Chapter 4 INVERSION OF TORAH SCHEMATA; Chapter 5 JUDGMENT AND TORAH SCHEMATA; CONCLUSION; Appendix; Bibliography; Index of References
- Notes:
- Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of St. Michael's College, 1997, under the title: Retelling the Tetrateuch : the Deuteronomistic historian's use of Tetrateuchal narratives.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [103]-114) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611802936
- 9781281802934
- 128180293X
- 9780567365200
- 0567365204
- OCLC:
- 276852204
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