The Book of Samuel and the Three-Actor Rule in Classical Greek Tragedy
Following a two-part 2022 publication which argues that portions of biblical literature may be written in the style of Classical Greek theatre plays, this paper seeks to demonstrate that 1 and 2 Samuel consistently adhere to the distinctive three-actor rule of Greek tragedy. The number of countable...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2024
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Scandinavian journal of the Old Testament
Year: 2024, Volume: 38, Issue: 1, Pages: 1–24 |
| Further subjects: | B
Three-actor rule
B biblical Psalms B Attic Theatre B biblical minimalism B Performance |
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| Summary: | Following a two-part 2022 publication which argues that portions of biblical literature may be written in the style of Classical Greek theatre plays, this paper seeks to demonstrate that 1 and 2 Samuel consistently adhere to the distinctive three-actor rule of Greek tragedy. The number of countable speaking actors present in any given scene from 1 or 2 Samuel never appears to exceed three actors at a time, provided that (1) only speaking actors are included in the tally, (2) group speech is treated as that of a single actor, and (3) scenes are parsed into episodes following regular criteria. |
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| ISSN: | 1502-7244 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scandinavian journal of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09018328.2023.2276455 |