Reading prophetic narratives
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Author
Publication
1997 - Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana
Language
English
Word Count
90,750 words, Guess
Page Count
363 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1001300M
- ISBN-100253332273
- OCLC Control Number36133236
- Library of Congress Control Number96040267
- LibraryThing5049009
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- Goodreads4090762
Classifications
- DDC222/.06
- LCCBS1286 .S5613 1997
Description
Noted biblical scholar Uriel Simon undertakes a systematic study of prophetic narratives in the Bible. He focuses on seven stories, analyzing their form and structure, their rhetorical devices, their descriptions of character and motive, their narrative techniques - in short, on the ways in which the stories are told. Simon begins with the premises that biblical stories were meant for readers, not critics, and that we need to recover the distinctive ways of reading appropriate to biblical storytelling. He provides careful readings of prophetic stories such as Samuel's call to prophecy, Saul at Endor, and David and Bathsheba. Simon's interpretations are always enlightening and will provide contemporary readers with an enriched understanding of these timeless narratives.
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Series Statement
- Indiana studies in biblical literature
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