Art and Meaning: Rhetoric in Biblical Literature: 19 (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

Alan J. Hauser

ISBN 10: 0567448630 / ISBN 13: 9780567448637

Published by Sheffield Academic Press 2009-02-01, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Art and Meaning: Rhetoric in Biblical Literature: 19 (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press 2009-02-01
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567448630
• ISBN 13: 9780567448637
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Authors

David Clines is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies in the University of Sheffield, UK.

Dr. David M. Gunn is A.A. Bradford Professor of Religion Emeritus at the Texas Christian University.