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Author Schultz, Richard L

Title Search for Quotation : Verbal Parallels in the Prophets
Published London : Continuum International Pub. Group, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (401 pages)
Series The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies.
Contents Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Part I: THE STUDY OF PROPHETIC QUOTATION; Chapter 1 PROPHECY AND QUOTATION IN OLD TESTAMENT RESEARCH; Chapter 2 THE ASSESSMENT OF PROPHETIC QUOTATION; Part II: QUOTATION IN NON-PROPHETIC LITERATURES; Chapter 3 QUOTATION IN ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN LITERATURE; Chapter 4 QUOTATION IN EARLY JUDAISM; Chapter 5 QUOTATIONS OF PROVERBIAL SAYINGS AND OTHER SPEAKERS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT; Chapter 6 QUOTATION IN WESTERN LITERATURE; Part III: A NEW APPROACH TO PROPHETIC QUOTATION; Chapter 7 PROPHETIC QUOTATION: METHODOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS TOWARD A NEW APPROACH
Chapter 8 THE ANALYSIS OF PROPHETIC QUOTATIONChapter 9 CONCLUSION: PROPHETIC QUOTATION--PROBLEMS, PERSPECTIVES, PROSPECTS; Appendix: Verbal Parallels in the Book of Isaiah; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary A thorough study of quotation within ancient and modern literatures is the background for this new approach to alleged quotations within the prophetic writings. The common claim that specific verbal parallels result from the conscious repetition of the words of a predecessor is beset by difficulties. After examining quotation in non-prophetic (ancient Near Eastern, early Jewish, Old Testament wisdom and narrative, and modern Western) literatures, Schultz proposes a new model for interpreting verbal parallels that utilizes several criteria for identifying quotation and combines diachronic with
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