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This volume presents a collection of essays aimed at further integration of literary analysis in the study of the Hebrew Bible. In three sections, Bodner studies a range of texts in order to illustrate that literary analysis has value for exploring numerous issues in the discipline, including text-critical problems, the Deuteronomistic History, and Chronicles. Beginning with a discussion of how literary analysis is a vital, yet neglected, component of textual criticism, Bodner then offers a sustained engagement with one particular section of the Hebrew Bible, the so-called "ark narrative" of 1 Samuel 4-6. Other areas of the Hebrew Bible are subsequently explored, including a sample of the historiographic material in the Deuteronomistic History and a lengthy text from the book of Proverbs. Part four turns to the often neglected books of 1 & 2 Chronicles, illustrating how the Chronicler's work is a congenial site for literary study. The assembled essays petition for a heightened awareness of the artistic achievement of the Hebrew Bible and illustrate that literary thinking is a necessary component for biblical interpretation.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Christianity

• Full title: Artistic Dimension
• Author: Keith Bodner
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• EAN: 9780567662552
• ISBN: 0567662551
• ID: 05258586
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 336 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 157 × 16 mm
• Date of publishing: 26. February 2015

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