x, 209 pages ; 24 cm, Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-201) and indexes

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Keith Bodner

Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

T&T Clark; Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury Academic

Cassell

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies, 590, London, 2013

The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies

Library of Hebrew bible, 1. publ, London, 2013

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

PS, 2013

"This volume presents a collection of essays aimed at further integration of literary analysis in the study of the Hebrew Bible. In three sections, Bodner studies a range of texts in order to illustrate that literary analysis has value for exploring numerous issues in the discipline, including text-critical problems, the Deuteronomistic History, and Chronicles. Beginning with a discussion of how literary analysis is a vital, yet neglected, component of textual criticism, Bodner then offers a sustained engagement with one particular section of the Hebrew Bible, the so-called 'ark narrative' of 1 Samuel 4-6. Other areas of the Hebrew Bible are subsequently explored, including a sample of the historiographic material in the Deuteronomistic History and a lengthy text from the book of Proverbs. Part four turns to the often neglected books of 1 & 2 Chronicles, illustrating how the Chronicler's work is a congenial site for literary study. The assembled essays petition for a heightened awareness of the artistic achievement of the Hebrew Bible and illustrate that literary thinking is a necessary component for biblical interpretation."--Bloomsbury Publishing
This volume presents a collection of essays aimed at further integration of literary analysis in the study of the Hebrew Bible. In three sections, Bodner studies a range of texts in order to illustrate that literary analysis has value for exploring numerous issues in the discipline, including text-critical problems, the Deuteronomistic History, and Chronicles. Beginning with a discussion of how literary analysis is a vital, yet neglected, component of textual criticism, Bodner then offers a sustained engagement with one particular section of the Hebrew Bible, the so-called "ark narrative" of 1 Samuel 4-6. Other areas of the Hebrew Bible are subsequently explored, including a sample of the historiographic material in the Deuteronomistic History and a lengthy text from the book of Proverbs. Part four turns to the often neglected books of 1 & 2 Chronicles, illustrating how the Chronicler's work is a congenial site for literary study. The assembled essays petition for a heightened awareness of the artistic achievement of the Hebrew Bible and illustrate that literary thinking is a necessary component for biblical interpretation

Part I: Textual Problems And Literary Analysis. Crime Scene Investigation: A Text-critical Mystery And The Strange Death Of Ishbosheth (2007) -- The Locutions Of 1 Kings 22:28: A New Proposal (2003) -- The Embarrassing Syntax Of Psalm 47:10: A (pro)vocative Option (2003) -- Part Ii: Readers Of The Lost Ark. Ark-eology: Shifting Emphases In Ark Narrative Scholarship (2006) -- Mouse Trap: A Text-critical Problem With Rodents In The Ark Narrative (2008) -- Part Iii: Further Soundings. Jonathan Son Of Abiathar: The Fulfillment Of A Prohetic Word About The Dissolution Of A Priestly Line -- Highway To Sheol: Seductive Speech And Promiscuous Places In Proverbs 7 -- Part Iv: The World Of Chronicles. The Royal Skull In A Temple Of Doom: An Interpretation Of 1 Chronicles 10:10 -- Abijah's Elevated Rhetoric And The Civil War Of 2 Chronicles 13 -- Capital Punishment: The Configuration Of Ahaziah's Last Hours In 2 Chronicles. Keith Bodner. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 188-201) And Indexes.

2023-06-28