Closure in Biblical narrative
Preliminary Material -- One Introduction -- Two Issues and Methods -- Three Repetition -- Four Linguistic Devices -- Five Etiologies and Proverbs -- Six Rituals at the Ends of Narratives -- Seven Closure and Anti-Closure: Philosophical, Psychological, Experiential, and Psycho-Linguistic Components -...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden, the Netherlands
Brill
2012
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| In: |
Biblical interpretation series (111)
Year: 2012 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Zeelander, Susan, Closure in biblical narrative] (2015) (Houston, Walter)
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| Edition: | Online-Ausg. |
| Series/Journal: | Biblical interpretation series
111 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible. O.T. Genesis
Criticism, Narrative
B Closure (Rhetoric) in the Bible B Bible Criticism, Narrative |
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| Summary: | Preliminary Material -- One Introduction -- Two Issues and Methods -- Three Repetition -- Four Linguistic Devices -- Five Etiologies and Proverbs -- Six Rituals at the Ends of Narratives -- Seven Closure and Anti-Closure: Philosophical, Psychological, Experiential, and Psycho-Linguistic Components -- Eight Conclusion and Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index of Biblical Narratives, Post-Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Texts Cited -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Kafalenos Paradigms -- Index of Authors Cited. There has been much discussion of narrative aspects of the Bible in recent years, but the ends of biblical narratives – how the ends contribute to closure for their stories and how the ending strategies affect the whole narrative – have not been studied comprehensively. This study shows how the writers and editors of short narratives in Genesis gave their stories a sense of closure (or in a few cases, the sense of non-closure). Multiple and sometimes unexpected, forms of closure are identified; together these form a set of closural conventions. This contribution to narrative poetics of the Hebrew Bible in the light of source criticism will also be valuable to those who are interested in narrative and in concepts of closure |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| ISBN: | 9004221301 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004221307 |