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Author Lee, Kerry D.

Title The death of Jacob : narrative conventions in Genesis 47.28-50.26 / by Kerry D. Lee, Jr.

Publication Info. Boston : Brill, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Biblical Interpretation Ser.
Biblical Interpretation Ser.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 The Study of Conventions in Genesis 47-50; Setting the Stage; The Scholarly Context; Biblical Studies; The Strengths and Weaknesses of Synchronic Approaches; Literary Criticism, Folklore, and Vladimir Propp; Similarities to and Differences from Propp; Summary; The Plan for What Follows; Summary; Chapter 2 The Conventional Hebrew Deathbed Story; Preliminary Remarks; Discovering the Deathbed Story; The Elements of the Deathbed Story; The Selection of the Worthy Successor; The Examples of the Deathbed Story; Genesis 24.1-25.11 (Abraham)
Genesis 27.1-35.29 (Isaac)Genesis 47.28-50.26 (Jacob); Genesis 50.22-26 (Joseph); Deuteronomy 31-34 (Moses); Joshua 13-24 (Joshua); Judges 8.22-35 (Gideon); I Samuel 8.1-31.13 (Samuel); II Samuel 23.1-7 (David); I Kings 1-2 (David); II Kings 2 (Elijah); II Kings 13.14-25 (Elisha); II Kings 20 (Hezekiah); I Chronicles 23-29 (David); I Maccabees 2.49-70 (Mattathias); Tobit 4.1-14.15, especially 4.1-5.3 and 13-14 (Tobit); Judith 15.14-16.25 (Judith); The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs (The Twelve Sons of Jacob); Chapter 3 The Burial Request to Joseph: Genesis 47.28-31.
Text and Preliminary RemarksThe Starting Point for Jacob's Deathbed Story; The Preparation (Genesis 47.28-29a); The Testament (Genesis 47.29b-31a); Joseph as a Worthy Successor; The Conclusion (Genesis 47.31b); Summary; Chapter 4 The Blessing of Joseph: Genesis 48.1-22; Text and Preliminary Remarks; The Preparation (Genesis 48.1-2); 'Jacob' and 'Israel'; Testament A: The Adoption (Genesis 48.3-12); An Historical Prologue; Genesis 48.3-7 Among the Priestly Promise Texts; The Intention to Adopt and its Justification; The Adoption (Genesis 48.8-12)
The Worthy Successor and the Portrayal of Joseph's SonsSummary; Testament B: The Blessing of Joseph and His Sons (Genesis 48.13-20); The Integrity of Genesis 48.15-16; The Two Blessings of Genesis 48.15-16 and 48.20; Testament C: The Individual Blessing of Joseph (Genesis 48.21-22); Summary; Chapter 5 The Blessing of the Twelve: Genesis 49.1-28; Text and Preliminary Remarks; The Preparation (Genesis 49.1a); The Testament: The Twelve as Worthy Co-Successors (Genesis 49.1b-27); The Conclusion (Genesis 49.28); Summary; Chapter 6 The Burial Request to the Twelve: Genesis 49.29-33.
Text and Preliminary RemarksThe Preparation (Genesis 49.29a); The Testament (Genesis 49.29b-32); The Conclusion (Genesis 49.33); Summary; Chapter 7 The Epilogue: Genesis 50.1-26; Text and Preliminary Remarks; Deathbed Epilogues; Jacob's Burial (Genesis 50.1-14); The Survival of Jacob's Legacy (Genesis 50.15-21); Joseph's Death as Epilogue (Genesis 50.22-26); Joseph's Death as a Conventional Deathbed Story; The Preparation (Genesis 50.22-23); The Testament (Genesis 50.24-25); The Conclusion (Genesis 50.26); Summary; Chapter 8 Conclusion; Summary; Synthesis; Bibliography.
Summary In The Death of Jacob: Narrative Conventions in Genesis 47.28-50.26 Kerry Lee investigates the deathbed story of the patriarch Jacob and uncovers the presence of a variety of conventional structures underlying its composition, especially a conventional deathbed story or type scene also found in numerous other texts in the Hebrew Bible and non-canonical Jewish literature. Finding fault both with traditional diachronic approaches as well as more recent synchronic studies, Lee uses an eclectic but coherent blend of contemporary methods (drawn from narratology, linguistics, ritual theory, legal theory, assyriology, and other disciplines) to show that despite its probably composite pre-history the last three chapters of Genesis have been intentionally and artfully structured by the hand predominately responsible for their final form.
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Subject Bible. Genesis, XLVII, 28-L -- Criticism, Narrative.
Jacob (Biblical patriarch) -- Biblical teaching.
Jacob (Biblical patriarch)
Bible.
Biblical teaching.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Added Author E.J. Brill (Firm). BRILL2015FL.
Other Form: Print version: Lee, Kerry D. Death of Jacob. Boston : Brill, 2015 9789004303027 9004303022 (DLC) 2015029551
ISBN 9789004303034 (electronic book)
9004303030 (electronic book)
9789004303027 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9004303022 (hardback ; alkaline paper)