The descent from the mountain : narrative patterns in Exodus 19-40

The descent from the mountain : narrative patterns in Exodus 19-40 / Martin Ravndal Hauge.

This 'close reading' of Exodus 19-40 focuses on the repetition of the 'encounter on the mountain'. This double encounter is expressed in a narrative structure of preparatory episodes climaxed by the theophany. The tension of the narrative is linked to 'the people' as th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hauge, Martin Ravndal
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, ©2001.
Series:Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 323.
Subjects:
Bible. > Exodus, XIX-XL > Language, style.
Bible. > Exodus, XIX-XL > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Narration in the Bible.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
Language and languages > Style
Narration in the Bible
Exodus (bijbelboek)
Vertelkunst.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 THE OUTLINES OF A STORY; Chapter 2 THE MAIN STORY: THE ENCOUNTER BELOW AND THE NEW THEOPHANIC FIGURES; Chapter 3 THE PARALLEL STORY: THE APOTHEOSIS OF MOSES; Chapter 4 THE COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUE OF PARALLELISM; Chapter 5 THE CYCLICAL CHARACTER OF THE SACRED EVENTS; Postscript: THE READER AS WHORE AND POTENTIAL SAINT; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors.

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