Style And Structure In Biblical Hebrew Narrative

AvJerome T. Walsh

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

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The pages of the Hebrew Bible are filled with stories - short and long, funny and sad, histories, fables, and morality tales. The ancient narrators used a variety of stylistic devices to structure, to connect, and to separate their tales - and thus to establish contexts within which meaning comes to light. What are these devices, and how do they guide our reading and our understanding of the text? Style and Structure in Biblical Hebrew Narrative explores some of the answers and shows scriptural interpretation can be a matter of style."Part one of Style and Structure in Biblical Hebrew Narrative examines a wide variety of symmetrical patterns biblical Hebrew narrative uses to organize its units and subunits, and the interpretive dynamics those patterns can imply. Part two addresses the question of boundaries between literary units. Part three examines devices that biblical Hebrew narrative uses to connect consecutive literary units and subunits.Chapters in Part One: Structures of Organization are "Reverse Symmetry," "Forward Symmetry," "Alternating Repetition," "Partial Symmetry," "Multiple Symmetry," "Asymmetry." Chapters in Part Two: Structures of Disjunction are "Narrative Components," "Repetition," and "Narrative Sequence." Chapters in Part Three: Structures of Conjunction are "Threads," "Links: Examples," "Linked Threads: Examples," "Hinges: Examples," and “Double-Duty Hinges: Examples.”

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Utgivningsdatum:2001-02-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Liturgical Press
ISBN:9780814658970

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Jerome T. Walsh, PhD, (1942-2021) was editor of the series Berit Olam: Studies in Hebrew Narrative and Poetry. He is author of 1 Kings in that series (Liturgical Press, 1996). Walsh also authored Style and Structure in Biblical Hebrew Narrative (Liturgical Press, 2001). He was a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and of the Catholic Biblical Association of America, and held the Tschoepe Chair of Homiletics in the Institute for Religious and Pastoral Studies of the University of Dallas.

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. . . a fine resource for serious biblical study - while also helpful to liturgists, homilists, lectors.Crux

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CONTENTSList of Abbreviations xiiiIntroduction 1Part I: Structures of OrganizationSymmetry and asymmetry 7Repeated elements 8Organizing elements and organized units 10Balance of subunits 11Interpretation 111. Reverse Symmetry 13A. Concentric symmetry 151. Numbers 12:13 152. 1 Kings 1:33-35 153. Leviticus 24:13-23 164. Jonah 1 185. 2 Chronicles 25:1-28 206. Genesis 2:4b–3:24 217. 1 and 2 Kings 238. 1 Kings 1:1–2:12a 25B. Chiastic symmetry 261. 1 Kings 19:14 262. Genesis 12:16b 273. Genesis 9:6a 274. 1 Kings 21:1-16 285. 2 Kings 8:7–9:13 296. 1 Chronicles 11:1–12:41 307. Genesis 25:12–35:26 312. Forward Symmetry 351. Genesis 1:1; Genesis 1:1-31 372. 1 Kings 11:1-8 383. Genesis 2:18-25 394. 1 Kings 11:31-39 415. 2 Kings 9:14–11:20 433. Alternating Repetition 471. 1 Kings 2:36-46a 482. Genesis 12:1 493. 1 Samuel 1:12-13 504. 1 Kings 20:16-21 505. 2 Kings 17:6-41 526. 1 Samuel 8:1–12:25 544. Partial Symmetry 57Inclusion 57Epitome 59A. Internal inclusion 601. 1 Kings 2:38b, 41 602. 1 Kings 1:24-27 613. Esther 5:9-14 614. Ruth 4:9-11a 63B. Framing inclusion 641. 1 Kings 2:12b, 46b 642. Genesis 18:16, 22 653. 1 Samuel 15:10-12, 34-35 654. 1 Kings 12:30-31; 13:33-34 675. 1 Kings 6:1–9:10 68C. External inclusion 691. 2 Samuel 14:24, 28 692. Genesis 37:36; 39:1 703. Exodus 6:10-13, 26-30 71D. Complex inclusion 731. 1 Kings 4:1-20, 21-25 732. Genesis 1 743. Regnal formulas 74E. Introductory epitome 761. Genesis 10:1 762. 1 Kings 18:1 77F. Concluding epitome 781. Genesis 2:1 782. Exodus 3:14-15 785. Multiple Symmetry 81A. Composite symmetry 821. 1 Kings 5:1-12 822. 1 Kings 6:9-36 843. 2 Kings 18–20 85B. Complex symmetry 881. Ruth 1–4 882. Genesis 11:27–22:24 893. 1 Kings 1–11 92C. Compound symmetry 941. Genesis 11:1-9 942. 2 Kings 17:25-34a 963. 2 Kings 21:19-26 976. Asymmetry 101A. Unmatched subunit 1031. 1 Kings 2:39 1032. 1 Kings 18:9-14 1033. Genesis 1:26-28 1054. Genesis 21:1-7 106B. Non-correspondence 1071. 2 Kings 2:25 1072. 1 Kings 1:33-35 1083. 1 Kings 11:31-39 108C. Transposition 1101. Exodus 6:10-13, 26-30 1102. Genesis 1–11 1113. 1 Kings 3:16–4:34; 9:26–10:29 113Part II: Structures of Disjunction7. Narrative Components 119Characters 120Setting: locale 122Setting: time 122Narrative voice 124A. Change in characters 1251. 1 Kings 2:1-10 1252. 2 Kings 7:3-11 1263. 1 Kings 1:15-37 1284. Ruth 2:1–3:18 1295. 1 Kings 18:21-40 131B. Change in setting: locale 1321. 2 Kings 10:12-17 1322. 2 Kings 18–20 1323. Genesis 18 1334. 1 Kings 18:6-16 1345. Numbers 20:22–21:20 135C. Change in setting: time 1351. Genesis 24 1352. 1 Kings 2:39 1383. Genesis 22:4 1394. 2 Kings 18:13 1395. 1 Kings 18:3-4 139D. Change in narrative voice 1401. 1 Kings 18:12c-13 1402. 1 Kings 21:20-26 1413. 1 Kings 3:16-28 1418. Repetition 145A. Repetition of information 1471. Genesis 5:32; 6:9-10 1472. 2 Kings 8:28–9:2; 9:14-16 1483. 1 Samuel 17:12a 149B. Repetition of subject nouns 1501. Genesis 21:25 1502. 1 Kings 12:26 1503. 1 Chronicles 14:3b 151C. Interruptions of discourse 1521. Exodus 5:4-5 1522. Exodus 3:14-15 1523. 1 Kings 22:28b 1539. Narrative Sequence 155Narrative tense and simple past 155Breaks in narrative sequence 157The verb “to be” and verbless clauses 159A. Broken narrative sequence beginning a unit 1601. Genesis 3:1 1602. Genesis 18:17 1603. Exodus 3:1 1604. Genesis 4:1-2 1615. Jonah 1:4 1626. Genesis 39:1-6 162B. Broken narrative sequence ending a unit 1621. Genesis 1 1622. Genesis 2:25 1633. 1 Samuel 15:34 1634. 1 Kings 18:6b 1635. 1 Kings 17 1646. 2 Samuel 18:18 165C. Broken narrative sequence interrupting a unit 1661. Ruth 1:14b 1662. Jonah 1:10b 1663. Genesis 23:10a 1674. 1 Kings 13:1-10 1685. Genesis 41:47–42:5 169Part III: Structures of ConjunctionA. Threads 1771. Genesis 2:4b–3:24; 4:1-16 1772. 1 Kings 1–11 1783. Judges 17–21 1794. 1 Kings 13 1795. Genesis 18–19 180B. Links 1821. Genesis 2:25; 3:1 1822. 1 Kings 20:43; 21:4 1823. 2 Kings 2:25; 3:1 1824. Judges 8:33; 9:4 1835. Ezra 3:13; 4:1 1836. Genesis 16:16; 17:1 183C. Linked threads 1841. 1 Kings 12:25 1842. Ruth 1:22 1843. Regnal formulas 1844. Between books 1855. 1 Kings 1–2 186D. Hinges 1861. Genesis 26:33-35; 27:1 1862. Genesis 2:4 1873. Genesis 23:1–25:11 187E. Double-duty hinges 1881. 2 Kings 17:6 1882. 2 Kings 2:15b 1883. 1 Kings 11:26-43 189Conclusion 191Selected Bibliography 195Author Index 199Subject Index 200Scripture Index 202