| Description |
1 online resource (228 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 231 |
|
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 231.
|
| Contents |
Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 THE MOTIF: 'THE STRANGER IN YOUR GATES'; Chapter 3 SUBMOTIFS RELATED TO THE TREATMENT OF SOCIETAL OUTSIDERS; Chapter 4 SUBMOTIFS RELATED TO TIME AND SPACE; Chapter 5 THE SUBMOTIF: 'SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF STRANGERS'; Chapter 6 THE SUBMOTIF 'DESTRUCTION OF A CITY BY FIRE'; Chapter 7 MOTIF AND MESSAGE: POLITICAL POLEMICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 'STRANGER IN YOUR GATES' MOTIF; Chapter 8 THE REUSE AND AMPLIFICATION OF THE SODOM TRADITION IN THE HEBREW BIBLE; Chapter 9 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References |
| Summary |
According to Fields, biblical narrative is didactic socio-religious commentary on human experience, reflected in 'history', and that such 'history' is a way of describing the conceptual universe of the ancient authors. Biblical narrative is strikingly free of abstract formulations but encapsulates abstract reflections, within recurring literary motifs, and by the reporting of 'historical information'. This perception of biblical narrative is strikingly illustrated by an analysis of the story of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19). The motifs of the Sodom tradition are compared with those in the st |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-210) and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
|
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
|
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, Narrative
|
|
Bible. Genesis, XIX -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
|
|
Bible. Judges, XIX-XXI -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
|
|
Bible. Joshua, II -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
|
|
Bible. Old Testament fast |
| Subject |
Narration in the Bible.
|
|
Strangers in the Bible.
|
|
Outsiders in the Bible.
|
|
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
|
|
Outsiders in the Bible
|
|
Narration in the Bible
|
|
Strangers in the Bible
|
|
Oude Testament.
|
|
Vreemdelingen.
|
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9780567062611 |
|
0567062619 |
|
