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Reading Prophetic Narratives
Contributor(s): Steen-Noklberg, Uriel (Author)
ISBN: 0253332273     ISBN-13: 9780253332271
Publisher: Indiana University Press
OUR PRICE:   $59.35  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: December 1997
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..". a superb example of modern Orthodox Jewish biblical interpretation." -- Interpretation

"This detailed and intriguing work represents years of thought and meticulous analysis as well as a fresh reading of several familiar prophetic narratives found in the OT." -- The Catholic Biblical Quarterly

..". this book contains well-argued and thoughtful literary readings... Simon is thoroughly versed in the secondary literature but has managed to write a volume accessible to both scholars and informed general readers..." -- Choice

Noted biblical scholar Uriel Simon undertakes a systematic study of prophetic narratives in the Bible. He focuses on seven stories (including Samuel's call to prophecy, Saul at Endor, and David and Bathsheba), 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.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Biblical Studies - Prophecy
- Literary Criticism
- Religion | Biblical Studies - Old Testament - General
Dewey: 222.06
LCCN: 96040267
Series: Indiana Studies in Biblical Literature
Physical Information: 1.68" H x 6.46" W x 9.53" (1.70 lbs) 384 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

. . . a superb example of modern Orthodox Jewish biblical interpretation. --Interpretation

This detailed and intriguing work represents years of thought and meticulous analysis as well as a fresh reading of several familiar prophetic narratives found in the OT. --The Catholic Biblical Quarterly

. . . this book contains well-argued and thoughtful literary readings . . . Simon is thoroughly versed in the secondary literature but has managed to write a volume accessible to both scholars and informed general readers . . . --Choice

Noted biblical scholar Uriel Simon undertakes a systematic study of prophetic narratives in the Bible. He focuses on seven stories (including Samuel's call to prophecy, Saul at Endor, and David and Bathsheba), 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.