| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Siphrut : literature and theology of the Hebrew Scriptures ; 21 |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One. The Composition of Judges: A Selective Survey; Chapter Two. The End of Narrative: Emplotment and the Configuration of Time in Narrative Theory; Interlude: Strategies of Ending; Chapter Three. The Strategy of Circularity in Judges 17-21; Chapter Four. The Strategy of Entrapment in Judges 17-21; Chapter Five. Narrative Temporality and the Strategy of Ending in Judges; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of Authors; Index of Scripture |
| Summary |
The last five chapters of the book of Judges (chs. 17-21) contain some shocking and bizarre stories, and precisely how these stories relate to the rest of the book is a major question in scholarship on the book. Leveraging work from literary studies and hermeneutics, Beldman reexamines Judges 17-21 with the aim of discerning the ""strategies of ending"" that are at work in these chapters. The author identifies and describes a number of strategies of ending in Judges 17-21, including the strategy of completion, the strategy of circularity, and the strategy of entrapment. The temporal configurat |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Judges, XVII-XXI -- Criticism, Redaction
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| Subject |
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2017012721 |
| ISBN |
9781575064970 |
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1575064979 |
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