Toward a grammar of biblical poetics : tales of the prophets /
Brichto, Herbert Chanan
Toward a grammar of biblical poetics : tales of the prophets / Herbert Chanan Brichto - New York : Oxford University Press, 1992 - xv, 298 p. : map; 25 cm.
Part I: On poetics -- 1. Introduction -- Foci of literary analysis -- Categories of interpretation: Narrative genre -- Factors in interpretation: Metaliterary conventions -- Figures of speech -- 2. Preface to the exegetical essays -- Part II: Exegetical essays: Tales of the prophets -- 3. "And much cattle": YHWH's last words to a reluctant prophet -- 4. The worship of the golden calf: Exemplar of biblical idolatry -- 5. Tales of Elijah -- 6. The prophets of Ahab's wars -- 7. Tales of Elisha and others -- 8. Poetical resume: Signs literal and metaphoric, prescribed and proscribed -- 9. Retrospect and prospect.
97801950691120195069110
Bible. Old Testament.Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BS1171.2 / .B75 1992
Toward a grammar of biblical poetics : tales of the prophets / Herbert Chanan Brichto - New York : Oxford University Press, 1992 - xv, 298 p. : map; 25 cm.
Part I: On poetics -- 1. Introduction -- Foci of literary analysis -- Categories of interpretation: Narrative genre -- Factors in interpretation: Metaliterary conventions -- Figures of speech -- 2. Preface to the exegetical essays -- Part II: Exegetical essays: Tales of the prophets -- 3. "And much cattle": YHWH's last words to a reluctant prophet -- 4. The worship of the golden calf: Exemplar of biblical idolatry -- 5. Tales of Elijah -- 6. The prophets of Ahab's wars -- 7. Tales of Elisha and others -- 8. Poetical resume: Signs literal and metaphoric, prescribed and proscribed -- 9. Retrospect and prospect.
97801950691120195069110
Bible. Old Testament.Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BS1171.2 / .B75 1992