The Rhetorical Use of Numbers in the Deuteronomistic History : "Saul Has Killed His Thousands, David His Tens of Thousands" /
The Deuteronomistic History contains many vast troop and casualty numbers. What purpose does this literary device of numerical hyperbole serve? What rhetorical purposes do any of the numbers in this text serve? In The Rhetorical Use of Numbers in the Deuteronomistic History: "Saul Has Killed Hi...
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Leiden ; Boston :
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2022.
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Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2022.
Vetus Testamentum, Supplements ;
191.
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Call Number: BS1199.N85
- Preliminary Material /
- Author: Denise C. Flanders
- Copyright page /
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- Acknowledgments /
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- Abbreviations /
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- Tables /
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- Chapter 1 Introduction and the History of Scholarship /
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- Chapter 2 The Meaning of אלף in the DH /
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- Chapter 3 Numbers and Quantifications in Joshua /
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- Chapter 4 Numbers and Quantifications in Judges /
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- Chapter 5 Numbers and Quantifications in 1-2 Samuel /
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- Chapter 6 Numbers and Quantifications in 1-2 Kings /
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- Chapter 7 Conclusion: How Numbers Tell the Story /
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- Back Matter
- Appendix 1 Troop, Casualty and Captive Numbers in the DH /
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- Appendix 2 Numerical variants in MT, LXX and DSS /
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- Bibliography /
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- Modern Author Index /
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- Scripture Index /
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