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Sodom and Gomorrah : history and motif in Biblical narrative /
According to Fields, biblical narrative is didactic socio-religious commentary on human experience, reflected in 'history', and that such 'history' is a way of describing the conceptual universe of the ancient authors. Biblical narrative is strikingly free of abstract formulation...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sheffield :
Sheffield Academic Press,
©1997.
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| Colección: | Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;
231. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | According to Fields, biblical narrative is didactic socio-religious commentary on human experience, reflected in 'history', and that such 'history' is a way of describing the conceptual universe of the ancient authors. Biblical narrative is strikingly free of abstract formulations but encapsulates abstract reflections, within recurring literary motifs, and by the reporting of 'historical information'. This perception of biblical narrative is strikingly illustrated by an analysis of the story of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19). The motifs of the Sodom tradition are compared with those in the st. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (228 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-210) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780567062611 0567062619 |