ENGLISH

Art and Meaning: Rhetoric in Biblical Literature (JSOT Supplement)

By David J. A. Clines , David M. Gunn , Alan J. Hauser

Book information

Publisher
Sheffield Academic Press
Year
1982
ISBN
0905774388, 9780905774381, 0905774396, 9780905774398, 0567448630, 9780567448637
LCC
BS1192 .A76 1982
Open Library ID
OL3111228M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12174591 bytes)
Series
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 19
Pages
274\275
Topic
Literature Literary
DPI
400
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Biblical authors were artists of language who created their meaning through their verbal artistry, their rhetoric. These twelve essays see meaning as ultimately inseparable from art and seek to understand the biblical literature with sensitivity to the writer's craft. Contents: David Clines, The Arguments of Job's Friends. George Coats, A Moses Legend in Numbers 12. Charles Davis, The Literary Structure of Luke 1-2. Cheryl Exum, A Literary Approach to Isaiah 28. David Gunn, Plot, Character and Theology in Exodus 1-14. Alan Hauser, Intimacy and Alienation in Genesis 2-3. Charles Isbell, Story Lines and Key Words in Exodus 1-2. Martin Kessler, Methodology for Rhetorical Criticism. John Kselman, A Rhetorical Study of Psalm 22. Kenneth Kuntz, Rhetorical Criticism and Isaiah 51.1-16. Ann Vater, Form and Rhetorical Criticism in Exodus 7-11. Edwin Webster, Pattern in the Fourth Gospel.

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