Words, Ideas, Worlds: Biblical Essays in Honour of Yairah Amit.
Get this from a library! Reading biblical narratives: literary criticism and the Hebrew Bible. (Yaira Amit) -- Based on a series of lectures given in Israel, Amit introduces the reader to the subtle ways of the biblical narrators. Covering issues of character, plot development, catchword association.
Classic Biblical Narrative. We know, we know. It's a narrative and it's in the Bible, so obviously it's a biblical narrative. But one thing's for sure: the people behind these narratives know how to tell a good story. They value the art and pleasure of characterization, plot, suspense, irony, foreshadowing, humor, and even good ol' puns. Hey, just like Shmoop. Here are a few key tips for.
Essays on Ancient Israel in Its Near Eastern Context: A Tribute to Nadav Na'aman Amit, Yairah, Ben Zvi, Ehud, Finkelstein, Israel, Lipschits, Oded Year.
The Old Testament narratives are primarily, thought not solely, there to gives us a better understand of who God is. The temptation is that New Testament believers read the Old Testament and use it as way to live by rules and deeds. This misunderstanding leads to a life lived in bondage to the Law and in essence paralyzes us on the mission that we are told to be on in the New Testament. Stuart.
Anatomies of Narrative Criticism: The Past, Present, and Futures of the Fourth Gospel as Literature - Ebook written by Tom Thatcher, Stephen D. Moore. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Anatomies of Narrative Criticism: The Past, Present, and Futures of the Fourth Gospel as.
One of the major works in this area is Yairah Amit, Hidden Polemics in Biblical Narrative, Brill 2000. Amit’s original Hebrew text of this work was only published in 2003, “Galui ve-Nistar ba-Mikra: pulmusim geluim, akifim u-be-ikar semuim” Yedioth Aharonot. In her book Amit gives fascinating examples of hidden polemics in the Bible. One.
The aim of this essay is to apply two such methods, both of which are literary in nature. The first entails reading the Akedah in light of its subversive sequel. The second calls for a non-linear, post-modern reading of the biblical narrative.