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Author Sharon, Diane M

Title Patterns of destiny : narrative structures of foundation and doom in the Hebrew Bible / Diane M. Sharon
Published Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 244 pages)
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Structuralism, Proppian analysis, and Biblical narrative -- 3. Eating and drinking as variables in Biblical narrative -- 4. The unexpected absence of eating and drinking -- 5. Patterns of destiny: eating and drinking as constants within the establishment / foundation genre -- 6. Patterns of destiny: eating and drinking as constants within the condemnation / doom genre -- 7. Patterns of destiny: variations and adaptations -- 8. Summary and conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of authors -- Index of Scripture
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-232) and indexes
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SUBJECT Bible. Old Testament -- Structuralist criticism
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, Narrative
Bible. Old Testament fast
Subject Dinners and dining in the Bible.
Drinking in the Bible.
Bible as literature.
RELIGION -- Biblical Criticism & Interpretation -- Old Testament.
Structuralist criticism of sacred works
Bible as literature
Dinners and dining in the Bible
Drinking in the Bible
Genre/Form Livres electroniques
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Sharon, Diane M. Literary function of eating and drinking in Hebrew Bible narrative with reference to the literatures of the ancient Near East.
ISBN 9781575065250
1575065258