Judges 18 as an Anti-Spy Story in the Context of an Anti-Conquest Story: The Creative Usage of Literary Genres
Using the example of Judges 18, this paper aims to show how an existing literary genre could be transformed into an anti-story. Six typical elements of the spy story genre are identified, of which three are used atypically in Judges 18. The spy story genre is classified as a subcategory of the Yhwh-...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2000
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2000, Volume: 25, Issue: 88, Pages: 37-47 |
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| Summary: | Using the example of Judges 18, this paper aims to show how an existing literary genre could be transformed into an anti-story. Six typical elements of the spy story genre are identified, of which three are used atypically in Judges 18. The spy story genre is classified as a subcategory of the Yhwh-war story genre, which in turn is a subcategory of the conquest story genre. Judges 18 uses some typical elements of the Yhwh-war story atypically. In the light of this, Malamat's thesis that Judges 18 represents a microcosm of a settlement campaign falls short, because he (differently from Pennant) fails to notice the anti-story effects. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-6728 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/030908920002508803 |