01175nam a2200169Ia 4500 220922s9999 xx 000 0 und d 97801950691120195069110 eng BS1171.2 .B75 1992 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. Bible. Old Testament.Criticism, interpretation, etc. 0 0 0 0 GETS GETS GEN 2022-09-21 24.50 0 BS1171.2 .B75 1992 00027957 2022-09-21 00:00:00 2022-09-21 BK 42038 42038