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...
Main Author:
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2022.
Series:
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2022.
Vetus Testamentum, Supplements ;
191.
Subjects:
Online Access: Login to view Source
Tags: Add Tag
Call Number: BS1199.N85