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The death of Jacob : narrative conventions in Genesis 47.28-50.26 /
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 nume...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
Brill,
2015.
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| Colección: | Biblical Interpretation Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.