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Author Prewitt, Terry J. (Terry James), 1945-

Title The Elusive Covenant A Structural-Semiotic Reading of Genesis / Terry J. Prewitt.

Publication Info. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1990.
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021.
©1990.

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Description 1 online resource (1 online resource x, 146 pages) : illustrations.
text file
Series Advances in semiotics
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Advances in semiotics.
Contents I. Genealogies -- Genealogical patterns in Genesis 1-11 -- Social patterns in Genesis 12-50 -- Birth, death, and rite of passage -- Time and place -- Structural implication of the Terahite system -- The covenant of circumcision -- The definition of Israel -- II. Polity and history -- Historicity -- Mythscapes -- Tribal ranking and monarchic succession -- Birth order and maternal heritage -- Names, blessings, rank, and social structure -- Intersecting alliances of the Levites -- Territory, kingship, and social structure -- III. Structural hermeneutics -- Rhetorical structures and cultural themes -- Structural patterns in Genesis 1-14 -- Genesis 1 and 14 -- Genesis 2 and 13 -- Genesis 3 and 12 -- Adam and Abraham -- Genesis 4 and 11 -- Genesis 5 and 10 -- Genesis 6 and 9 -- Genesis 7 and 8 -- Adam, Noah, and Abram -- Toward a unified Genesis structure -- Themal analysis -- Holism and reductionism as hermeneutic principles -- IV. Mythos and Ethos -- Kinship, place, and story types -- Matrimonial alliance in Biblical narrative -- Withdrawn-woman narratives -- Central marriage narratives -- Redemption narratives -- Mythos of patriarchal succession -- Threats to lineage continuity -- Violations of patriarchal authority -- Validations of the lineage -- Justice in the resolution of conflict V. Semiosis.
Access Open Access Unrestricted online access
Local Note Project Muse Project Muse Open Access
Subject Genesis.
Bible. A.T. -- Critique, interpretation, etc.
Bible. Genesis.
Bible. A.T. Genese -- Critique, interpretation, etc.
Bible. Genesis -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. Genesis.
Strukturanalyse.
Semiotique -- Cas, Études de.
Structuralisme (analyse litteraire) -- Cas, Études de.
Structuuranalyse.
Genesis (bijbelboek)
Semiotics.
Sémiotique -- Cas, Études de.
Structuralisme (Analyse litteraire) -- Cas, Études de.
Semiotics -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books. .
Case studies.
Added Author Project Muse, distributor.
ISBN 9780253055620
0253055628