The rhetoric of the book of Judges /
This volume describes how the rhetorical devices used in Judges inspire its readers to support a divinely appointed Judahite king who endorses the deuteronomic agenda to rid the land of foreigners, to maintain inter-tribal loyalty to YHWH's cult, and to uphold social justice. Matters of rhetori...
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English
Hebrew
Published:
Leiden ; New York :
E.J. Brill,
1996.
Series:
Vetus Testamentum, Supplements
63.
Vetus Testamentum Supplements Online, ISBN: 9789004264991.
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Call Number: BS1305.2 .O36 1996
| Summary: | This volume describes how the rhetorical devices used in Judges inspire its readers to support a divinely appointed Judahite king who endorses the deuteronomic agenda to rid the land of foreigners, to maintain inter-tribal loyalty to YHWH's cult, and to uphold social justice. Matters of rhetorical concern interpreted here include the superimposed cycle-motif and tribal-political schemata, concerns reflected in the plot-layers of each hero story, the force of narrative analogy for characterization, the strategy of entrapment which foreshadows portrayals of Saul and David in 1 Samuel, and the relation between Judges' implied situation of composition and its compiler's intention. In addition to offering new insights into the rhetorical strategy of the Judges compiler, this book illustrates a new method for understanding how plot-layered stories work. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 541 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 486-504) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789004275874 |
| ISSN: | 0083-5889 ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |