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Title Approaches to literary readings of ancient Jewish writings / edited by Klaas Smelik and Karolien Vermeulen
Published Leiden : Brill, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 281 pages)
Series Studia Semitica Neerlandica ; volume 62
Studia Semitica Neerlandica ; 62.
Contents Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction: Some Thoughts on Ancient Jewish Texts and the 'Literary'; Part One Hebrew Bible; "Literary" Craft and Performative Power in the Ancient Near East: The Hebrew Bible in Context; Selecting and Analyzing Metaphors in the Hebrew Bible: Cognitive Linguistics and the Literary; Literary Theory and Composition History of the Torah: The Sea Crossing (Exod 14:1-31) as a Test Case; Eyewitness Accounts in the Books of Samuel? A Reappraisal; A Battle of Wits and Words: Hushai, Ahithophel and the Absalom Rebellion (2 Samuel 16-17)
Summary In this volume twelve contributions discuss the relevance, accuracy, potential, and possible alternatives to a literary reading of ancient Jewish writings, especially the Hebrew Bible
Notes "The essays in this volume were presented at the "Ancient Jewish Texts and the 'Literary'" Conference organised by the institute of Jewish Studies (university of Antwerp) and the research unit Hebrew and Judaic Studies at Ghent university in 2012 (March 14-15)"--Preface
Includes index
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SUBJECT Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Congresses
Midrash -- Criticism, Textual -- Congresses
Bible. Old Testament fast
Subject RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
RELIGION -- Judaism -- Sacred Writings.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Smelik, K. A. D., 1950- editor.
Vermeulen, Karolien, editor
Smelik, K. A. D., 1950- editor. Battle of wits and words: Hushai, Ahithophel, and the Absalom rebellion (2 Samuel 16-17)
ISBN 9789004258563
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