'Many are saying' : the function of direct discourse in the Hebrew psalter / Rolf A. Jacobson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobson, Rolf A.

Series:

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 397.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 397

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Direct discourse in the Bible.

Quotation in the Bible.

Bible. Psalms--Criticism, Textual.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 p.)

Other Title:

Function of direct discourse in the Hebrew psalter

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T & T Clark International, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent years, Old Testament scholars have come to see that the aesthetic and rhetorical richness of Hebrew poetry goes far beyond simple synonymous, antithetic, and synthetic parallelism. One aspect that has yet to receive sustained treatment is the poetic device known as direct discourse or quotation-the direct citation of a person's speech. Rolf A. Jacobson remedies this lack and makes a significant contribution to Old Testament studies by offering a sustained investigation into the function of direct discourse in the Hebrew Psalter. This leads to a greater understanding both of direct di

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS; Chapter 2 'THEY WHET THEIR TONGUES LIKE SWORDS': THE FUNCTION OF ENEMY QUOTATIONS; Chapter 3 'AS FOR ME, I SAID': THE FUNCTION OF SELF QUOTATIONS; Chapter 4 'THE LORD HAS SWORN': THE FUNCTION OF GOD QUOTATIONS; Chapter 5 'LET ISRAEL SAY': THE FUNCTION OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTATIONS; CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Princeton Theological Seminary), 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611802752

9781281802750

1281802751

9780567496508

0567496503

OCLC:

276783485