Closure in Biblical Narrative.
Multiple and sometimes unexpected forms of closure in biblical narratives bring their stories to satisfactory close. Knowledge of these conventions and how they affect their stories is valuable to students of Bible and of narrative.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden
BRILL
2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Zeelander, Susan, Closure in biblical narrative] (2015) (Houston, Walter)
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series/Journal: | Biblical Interpretation Ser.
v.111 |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible ; O.T ; Genesis ; Criticism, Narrative
B Closure (Rhetoric) in the Bible B Electronic books |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9789004218222 |
| Summary: | Multiple and sometimes unexpected forms of closure in biblical narratives bring their stories to satisfactory close. Knowledge of these conventions and how they affect their stories is valuable to students of Bible and of narrative. Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Notes on Translation, Transliteration, and Documentary Source Attributions -- Chapter One Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The Narrative Endings -- 1.3. Narratives in the Study -- 1.4. Closural Devices in the Cain and Abel Story -- 1.5. The Phenomenon of Ritual as a Closing Device -- 1.6. Popular and Academic Interest in "Closure" -- 1.7. Relevant Literary Studies -- 1.8. How this Book is Organized -- Appendix to Chapter 1: Narratives in This Study -- Chapter Two Issues and Methods -- 2.1. Overview -- 2.2. Delimiting a Narrative, Using Narratology -- 2.2.1. Defining a Narrative -- 2.2.2. The Beginning and End-Points of a Narrative, and Its "End-Section" -- 2.2.3. Causal Steps in a Plot-The Kafalenos Approach -- 2.2.4. The Kafalenos Paradigm -- 2.2.5. Equilibrium as a Marker of Beginning and End -- 2.2.6. Using the Kafalenos System to Delimit Gen 23, Abraham's Purchase of a Burial Site -- 2.2.7. Finding an Embedded Narrative Using the Kafalenos System: Gen 2-3, The Creation and Adam and Eve -- 2.2.8. What Happens after the Transformation -- 2.3. Alternate Approaches for Delimiting a Narrative -- 2.3.1. Yairah Amit and Robert Alter -- 2.3.2. Masoretic Tradition -- 2.4. Artistic and Didactic Strategy in a Biblical Narrative Ending -- 2.4.1. Moshe Greenberg and Robert Alter: Close Reading of a Biblical Text -- 2.4.2. Shimon Bar-Ephrat and Closing Formulas -- 2.4.3. Aharon Mirsky and Modified Syntax -- 2.4.4. Isaac B. Gottlieb and the Ends of Biblical Books -- 2.4.5. Adele Berlin and "Time-Bridges" -- 2.5. The Documentary Sources -- 2.5.1. J and P Endings in the Flood Story: Gen 6-9 -- 2.5.2. Efffect of a Source Insertion on the Next Narrative's End: Gen 12 -- 2.5.3. Addition of an Altar Ritual to a P-Source Narrative: Gen 35:9-15 -- Chapter Three Repetition -- 3.1. Introduction. |
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| ISBN: | 9004221301 |