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1 online resource (364 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe,
1611-4914 ;
71
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Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe ; 71.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Summary |
In this study, Simeon Chavel establishes the existence of a distinct type of story within the Torah, the ""oracular novella, "" traces its contours and poetics, identifies its historical background, and analyzes its use. The oracular novella is a very short story with a legal climax, in which divine adjudication and legislation resolves human complication. In a spartan style, the narrative recounts how an incident or set of circumstances in Israel led through oracular inquiry of Moses to legal resolution by Yahweh. The Torah contains four oracular novellas, all in the Priestly History, two acti. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Bible. Pentateuch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Pentateuch. |
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Bible. Pentateuch -- Criticism, Narrative.
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Bible. Pentateuch -- Criticism, Textual.
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Criticism, Textual. |
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Bible. Pentateuch -- Language, style.
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Language and languages -- Style. |
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Bible. Pentateuque -- Critique, interprétation, etc. |
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Bible. Pentateuch. |
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Print version: Chavel, Simeon. Oracular law and priestly historiography in the Torah. Tübingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, ©2014 x, 353 pages Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe ; 71 9783161533419 |
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3161533429 (e-book) |
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9783161533426 (electronic book) |
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9783161533419 |
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