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1 online resource (204 pages) |
| Series |
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 220 |
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 220.
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| Contents |
Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 CONVERSATION ANALYSIS AND NARRATIVE; Chapter 2 COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF JONAH FROM A CONVERSATION ANALYTIC PERSPECTIVE; Chapter 3 NARRATIVE IN THE BOOK OF JONAH; Chapter 4 READING THE JONAH NARRATIVE: THE IMPLIED READER; Chapter 5 READING THE JONAH NARRATIVE: ACTUAL READERS; Chapter 6 CONCLUSION; Appendix 1 THE EXPLAINING AND HEIGHTENING OF JONAH'S ACCOUNT (4.2); Appendix 2 JONAH'S OMITTED ANSWER TO THE LORD'S LAST QUESTION (4.10-11); Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors |
| Summary |
The author analyses the various conversations that occur between the characters in the Jonah narrative and the 'conversation' that occurs between the text and its readers. The study opens with an introduction to the field of conversation analysis, with a focus on one feature of conversation analysis-that a fundamental structure in the organization of language is adjacency pairs (for example, question/answer and invitation/refusal). Person notes how complex the adjacency pairs in the Jonah narrative are, and shows how they contribute to the narrative elements of plot, characterization, atmosphe |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-199) and indexes |
| Notes |
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| SUBJECT |
Bible. Jonah -- Criticism, Narrative
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Bible. Jonah fast |
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Dialogue in the Bible.
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Conversation analysis.
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Narration in the Bible.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Prophets.
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Narration in the Bible
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Conversation analysis
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Dialogue in the Bible
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Jona (bijbelboek)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780567525543 |
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0567525546 |
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