tales of the prophets Brichto, Herbert Chanan creator text xx New York Oxford University Press 1992 9999 monographic und eng

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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. Herbert Chanan Brichto Bible. Old Testament.Criticism, interpretation, etc BS1171.2 .B75 1992 97801950691120195069110 220922