Reading prophetic narratives / Uriel Simon ; translated from the Hebrew by Lenn J. Schramm.

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Simon, Uriel

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Hebrew Series: Indiana studies in biblical literaturePublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, �1997.Description: 1 online resource (xx, 363 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0585108765
9780585108766

Uniform titles:

Keri'ah sifrutit ba-Mikra. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reading prophetic narratives.DDC classification:

222/.06 21

LOC classification:

BS1286 .S5613 1997eb

Other classification:

B971

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Summary: "Noted biblical scholar Uriel Simon undertakes a systematic study of prophetic narratives in the Bible. He focuses on seven stories, analyzing their form and structure, their rhetorical devices, their descriptions of character and motive, their narrative techniques - in short, on the ways in which the stories are told. Simon begins with the premises that biblical stories were meant for readers, not critics, and that we need to recover the distinctive ways of reading appropriate to biblical storytelling. He provides careful readings of prophetic stories such as Samuel's call to prophecy, Saul at Endor, and David and Bathsheba. Simon's interpretations are always enlightening and will provide contemporary readers with an enriched understanding of these timeless narratives."--Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-338) and indexes.

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"Noted biblical scholar Uriel Simon undertakes a systematic study of prophetic narratives in the Bible. He focuses on seven stories, analyzing their form and structure, their rhetorical devices, their descriptions of character and motive, their narrative techniques - in short, on the ways in which the stories are told. Simon begins with the premises that biblical stories were meant for readers, not critics, and that we need to recover the distinctive ways of reading appropriate to biblical storytelling. He provides careful readings of prophetic stories such as Samuel's call to prophecy, Saul at Endor, and David and Bathsheba. Simon's interpretations are always enlightening and will provide contemporary readers with an enriched understanding of these timeless narratives."--Jacket.

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