Literary Structure and Rhetorical Strategies in The Hebrew Bible

Literary Structure and Rhetorical Strategies in The Hebrew Bible
Author: L.J. de Regt
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2023-08-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 900466324X

Analysis of text structures has been a dominant feature in Biblical studies for quite some time. More recently, scholars have focused on rhetorical strategies that have been employed in Biblical texts. In this volume, rhetorical as well as structural approaches to the Hebrew Bible have been brought together. It contains studies on a range of topics and on a good many texts and textual corpuses. Interpretation culminates in translation. The contributors to this volume have discussed the implications of their findings for Bible translators. Many of these translational implications have been put together in an epilogue. The volume thus not only intends to show the present state of our knowledge of literary and rhetorical techniques employed in the Bible; on these points it aims to be a selective guide to translators as well. The volume has been edited by Lenart de Regt, Jan de Waard (both of the Free University of Amsterdam), and Jan Fokkelman (Leiden University).

Narrative Syntax and the Hebrew Bible

Narrative Syntax and the Hebrew Bible
Author: Ellen van Wolde
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2021-08-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004497528

Biblical Hebrew grammar was until recently concentrated on the morpho-syntax within sentence boundaries. In the past few decades text-syntactic theories have been developed. At the conference Narrative Syntax and the Hebrew Bible (Tilburg 1996) six eminent scholars presented both a paper on Hebrew syntax and a workshop in which Exodus 19-24 or 1 Samuel 1 was studied. Both kinds of contributions are collected in this volume. They tend to lead towards one conclusion: traditional sentence-grammar and text-syntactic studies should not exclude, but include each other. The verb forms, word-order and other syntactic features need to be studied as functioning at more than one level. A combination of a morpho-syntactic study at the sentence level and a text-syntactic approach is thus defended. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.

The Fate of Justice and Righteousness During David's Reign

The Fate of Justice and Righteousness During David's Reign
Author: Richard G. Smith
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2009-12-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567026841

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.--University of Cambridge, 2001) presented under the title: The figure of Joab and the fate of "justice and righteousness" during David's reign: rereading the so-called "court history" according to 2 Samuel 8:15-20:26.

The Birth Report Genre in the Hebrew Bible

The Birth Report Genre in the Hebrew Bible
Author: Timothy D. Finlay
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2005
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9783161487453

"Timothy D. Finlay conducts a comprehensive analysis of all birth reports in the Hebrew Bible. These passages include genealogies, stories of annunciation to barren women and prophetic narratives. The birth reports may be short but they contribute greatly to the plot."--BOOK JACKET.

Treatise on Biblical Rhetoric

Treatise on Biblical Rhetoric
Author: Roland Meynet
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2012-01-20
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 900422422X

The specific laws of composition of biblical texts, which were first discovered from the mid-eighteenth century, are becoming increasingly well-known. This Treaty represents the sum of Biblical and Semitic rhetoric, in an abridged translation of the French original. The first chapter traces the history of the discovery of biblical rhetoric, the last chapter opens future prospects. The main text of the book is organized into three sections covering the three major fields of research: 1. Composition: The Levels of Composition, The Figures of Composition, Rewriting. 2. Context: Intratext, Intertext, The Center of concentric constructions. 3. Interpretation: Editing and translating, Composition and Interpretation, Intertext and Interpretation, The gift of interpretation. Numerous examples illustrate this methodical and rigorous exposition.

Genesis 12-50

Genesis 12-50
Author: James Chukwuma Okoye
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2020-06-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532673973

Genesis 12–50: A Narrative-Theological Commentary uses narrative criticism to bring out the theological aspects of the biblical story. While basing itself on the Christian belief that Christ is the goal of all Scripture, it nevertheless allows the Hebrew Bible to speak for itself and to show how its inner message may receive completion in Christ. Hence, it adopts what the author calls a “two-stage” hermeneutics. A particular contribution of this commentary is the comparison and confrontation of patristic and early rabbinic exegesis as Christians and Jews struggled over the same texts, using them to support their diverse beliefs. The discussion is geared towards the average educated reader.

Writing and Reading the Scroll of Isaiah, Volume 1

Writing and Reading the Scroll of Isaiah, Volume 1
Author: Craig C. Broyles
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 494
Release: 2014-09-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004275940

This first part of a 2-volume work, this study combines recent approaches that treat the formation and early interpretation of the final form of the book of Isaiah with the more conventional historical-critical methods that treat the use of traditions by Isaiah's authors and editors. Studies investigate Isaiah's use of early sacred tradition, the editing and contextualization of oracles within the Isaianic tradition itself, and the interpretation of the book of Isaiah in later traditions (as seen in the various versions of the text and various communities). Contributors of this volume include virtually all of the major scholars of Isaiah and the leading scholars of biblical interpretation in the intertestamental, New Testament, and early Jewish periods.

Melchizedek Passages in the Bible

Melchizedek Passages in the Bible
Author: Chan Alan KamYau
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2016-04-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3110440091

Melchizedek is a mysterious figure to many people. Adopting discourse analysis and text-linguistic approaches, Chan attempts to tackle the Melchizedek texts in Genesis 14, Psalm 110, and Hebrews 5-7. This seminal study illustrates how the mysterious figure is understood and interpreted by later biblical writers, "... Using the “blessing” motif as a framework, Chan also argues that Numbers 22-24, 2 Samuel 7 and the Psalter: Books I-V (especially Psalms 1-2) provide a reading paradigm of interpreting Psalm 110. In addition, the structure of Hebrews provides a clue to how the author interprets the Old Testament texts.

The First Book of Samuel

The First Book of Samuel
Author: David Toshio Tsumura
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 721
Release: 2007-03-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802823599

David and Goliath, the call of Samuel, the witch of Endor, David and Bathsheba — such biblical stories are well known. But the books of 1 and 2 Samuel, where they are recorded, are among the most difficult books in the Bible. The Hebrew text is widely considered corrupt and sometimes even unintelligible. The social and religious customs are strange and seem to diverge from the tradition of Moses. In this first part of an ambitious two-volume commentary on the books of Samuel, David Toshio Tsumura sheds considerable light on the background of 1 Samuel, looking carefully at the Philistine and Canaanite cultures, as he untangles the difficult Hebrew text.