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The plot-structure of Genesis : 'will the righteous seed survive?' in the muthos-logical movement from complication to dénouement /
In 'The Plot-structure of Genesis' Todd L. Patterson argues that Genesis is organized by a development from complication to denouement. The question 'Will the righteous seed survive?' drives the narrative to climax. Gen 4 sets up the complication. Cain and Abel are the seed of th...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2018.
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| Series: | Biblical interpretation series,
VOLUME 160 |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction: The Story of Plot and the Book of Genesis; The Story of Plot; The Moral of the Story of Plot; Two Criteria for Assessing Plot-structure; Do All the Narrative Episodes Contribute to the Plot-structure?; Does the Proposed Plot-structure Work Together with Recognized Features of Genesis?; The Plot of Genesis; What is Righteousness?; Chapter 2 A Muthos-logical Reading Strategy for Genesis; The Tôlĕdôt Headings and the Plot-structure of Genesis.
- Thomas' Ready-made Solution? The Influence of Genealogy on the Macrostructure of the TextSteinberg, Tengström, and Koch and the Genealogico-narrative Arrangement of Genesis; A Suggested Macrostructure for the Book of Genesis; A Summary of the Approach; Chapter 3 In the Beginning: The Return to God's Creation-sanctuary; Genesis 1: The Sanctuary as the Controlling Metaphor for Creation; Literary Shaping in Genesis 1; Sanctuary Symbolism in Genesis 1; Genesis 2-3: Can Humanity Return to God's Creation-sanctuary?; Genesis 2: Focusing in on Humanity in YHWH God's Creation-sanctuary.
- Genesis 2:5-17: The Creation of Man NarrativeGenesis 2:18-25: The Creation of Woman Narrative; Genesis 3: Expulsion from the Creation-sanctuary and the Plot of Scripture; Genesis 4: The Matrix of Plot for the Book of Genesis; Comparing and Contrasting Genesis 3-4: Delineating Two Lines of Seed; The Complication of Genesis: Will the Righteous Seed Survive?; Genesis 4 as Matrix of Motifs; Summary: The Complication that Drives the Narrative; Chapter 4 The Noah Plexus: The Undoing of the Undoing of Creation; The Structure of the Narrative; The Creation Allusions in the Flood Narrative.
- Parallels in ANE LiteratureA Thinking Together of the Flood Narrative; The Shem, Ham and Japheth Tôlĕdôt; The Noah Plexus Summary; Chapter 5 The Terah Plexus: Testing the Righteousness of Abraham; The Structure of the Narrative; Enigmatic Features of the Terah Tôlĕdôt Strand; Abraham as the Promised, Righteous Seed; Who is the Heir? The High Point of Confusion is the Turning Point of the Narrative; Abraham's Lack of Righteousness Threatens the Survival of the Seed; The First Wife-sister Story: Abraham's Lack of Righteousness.
- The Abraham and Lot Stories: The Importance of the Righteousness of the SeedConfluence of the Righteousness and Seed Motifs and the Climax of the Plot; The Second Wife-sister Story: The Righteousness of the Seed and the Nations; The Akedah: The Ultimate Threat to the Seed; The Terah Plexus Summary; Chapter 6 The Isaac Plexus: Whatever Happened to the Righteousness of the Seed?; The Structure of the Narrative; The Development of the Plot of the Isaac Tôlĕdôt; The Beginning of the Plot: The Older Will Serve the Younger; Like Father, Like Son; YHWH's Covenant Confirmation to Isaac.