Hidden Polemics in Biblical Narrative

Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-90-04-10153-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 25, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 244 mm x 164 mm, Gewicht: 662 g

Reihe: Biblical Interpretation

In current usage polemics is broadly defined as the practice of rhetorical persuasion or as the rhetorical presentation of an argument in dispute. The phenomenon of polemics is found throughout the whole corpus of biblical literature. In most instances the polemics is direct, but sometimes indirect, and occasionally it appears to be deliberately covert.
This book is primarily concerned with exploring the phenomenon of covert polemics. Dealing first with considerations of method, definition and characterization, the study moves on to the analysis of a number of narrative texts and the uncovering of their covert polemical content.
Polemics of this type is a feature of biblical writing on a range of central issues, and can be instructively isolated in texts relating to cultic locations (Beth El, Jerusalem), questions of leadership (the houses of Saul and David), community boundaries (the Samaritans) and other problems of legitimation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Amit

Weitere Mitwirkende

Chipman, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Heilige & Traditionelle Texte, Mythologie, Vergleichende Mythologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften

Über Autor(innen)

Yairah Amit, Ph.D. (1985) in Biblical Studies, Tel-Aviv University, is Senior Lecturer in Bible, Chair of the Bible Department, Tel-Aviv University and head of that University's teachers training program in Bible. Among her many publications is The Book of Judges: The Art of Editing (Jerusalem, 1992).