Reading law : the rhetorical shaping of the Pentateuch /

Watts here argues that conventions of oral rhetoric were adapted to shape the literary form and contents of the Pentateuch. The large-scale structure-stories introducing lists of laws that conclude with divine sanctions-reproduces a common ancient strategy for persuasion. The laws' use of direc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Watts, James W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Continuum International, 1999.
Colección:Biblical seminar.
Temas:
Bible > Study and teaching.
Bible. > Pentateuch > Commentaries.
Bible. > Pentateuch > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible > Étude et enseignement.
Bible. > Pentateuque > Critique, interprétation, etc.
Bible
Bible. > Pentateuch
Education
Commentaries
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Watts here argues that conventions of oral rhetoric were adapted to shape the literary form and contents of the Pentateuch. The large-scale structure-stories introducing lists of laws that conclude with divine sanctions-reproduces a common ancient strategy for persuasion. The laws' use of direct address, historical motivations and frequent repetitions serve rhetorical ends, and even the legal contradictions seem designed to appeal to competing constituencies. The instructional speeches of God and Moses reinforce the persuasive appeal by characterizing God as a just ruler and Moses as a faithfu.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (190 pages .).
ISBN:9780567193339
0567193330

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