Description |
1 online resource (512 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 274 |
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 274.
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Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: RECOGNIZING FORMS; Chapter 2 BIBLICAL PATTERNS; Chapter 3 GRAECO-ROMAN THEORIES OF FORM; Chapter 4 EARLY AND MEDIAEVAL ANALYSES; Chapter 5 POSTMEDIAEVAL EXAMINATIONS OF FORM; Chapter 6 FORMAL ANALYSIS DURING THE REIGN OF HISTORIOGRAPHY (c. 1775-1875); Chapter 7 'FORM' AFTER 1875 OUTSIDE BIBLICAL STUDIES; Chapter 8 JEWISH ANALYSES OF FORM, c. 1875-1965; Chapter 9 ROMAN CATHOLIC VIEWS OF LITERARY FORM, c. 1875-1965; Chapter 10 THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE: PROTESTANT ANALYSES LARGELY BY OR FOR NONSPECIALISTS, c. 1875-1965 |
Summary |
This magnum opus is not another catalogue of the forms of biblical literature, but a deeply reflected account of the significance of form itself. Buss writes out of his experience in Western philosophy and the intricate involvement of biblical criticism in philosophical history. Equally, biblical criticism and the development of notions of form are related to social contexts, whether from the side of the aristocracy (tending towards generality) or of the bourgeois (tending towards particularity) or of an inclusive society (favouring a relational view). Form criticism, in Buss's conception, is |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-488) and indexes |
Notes |
Print version record |
SUBJECT |
Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013617
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Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, Form
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Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible -- Criticism, Form.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013616
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Bible -- Criticism, Form -- History
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Bible fast |
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Bible. Old Testament fast |
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Bible as literature.
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Direct discourse in the Bible.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Criticism & Interpretation -- Old Testament.
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Direct discourse in the Bible
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Bible as literature
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Bijbel.
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Vormkritiek.
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Genre/Form |
History
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780567148230 |
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0567148238 |
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