{"product_id":"style-and-structure-in-biblical-hebrew-narrative-paperback","title":"Style and Structure in Biblical Hebrew Narrative - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJerome T. Walsh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pages of the Hebrew Bible are filled with stories - short and long, funny and sad, histories, fables, and morality tales. The ancient narrators used a variety of stylistic devices to structure, to connect, and to separate their tales - and thus to establish contexts within which meaning comes to light. What are these devices, and how do they guide our reading and our understanding of the text? \u003ci\u003eStyle and Structure in Biblical Hebrew Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e explores some of the answers and shows scriptural interpretation can be a matter of style.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Part one of \u003ci\u003eStyle and Structure in Biblical Hebrew Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e examines a wide variety of symmetrical patterns biblical Hebrew narrative uses to organize its units and subunits, and the interpretive dynamics those patterns can imply. Part two addresses the question of boundaries between literary units. Part three examines devices that biblical Hebrew narrative uses to connect consecutive literary units and subunits. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapters in \u003ci\u003ePart One: Structures of Organization\u003c\/i\u003e are \"Reverse Symmetry,\" \"Forward Symmetry,\" \"Alternating Repetition,\" \"Partial Symmetry,\" \"Multiple Symmetry,\" \"Asymmetry.\" Chapters in \u003ci\u003ePart Two: Structures of Disjunction\u003c\/i\u003e are \"Narrative Components,\" \"Repetition,\" and \"Narrative Sequence.\" Chapters in \u003ci\u003ePart Three: Structures of Conjunction\u003c\/i\u003e are \"Threads,\" \"Links: Examples,\" \"Linked Threads: Examples,\" \"Hinges: Examples,\" and \"Double-Duty Hinges: Examples.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerome T. Walsh, PhD, is a professor of theology and religious studies at the University of Botswana. He is the author of \u003c\/i\u003e1 Kings\u003ci\u003e in the \u003c\/i\u003eBerit Olam (The Everlasting Covenant) Studies in Hebrew Narrative and Poetry\u003ci\u003e series for which he is also an associate editor.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.94 x 5.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42597345919072,"sku":"9780814658970","price":48.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/TkRxenU3ZnZwUERITFA5V2plZ0d1Zz09.webp?v=1771746875","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/style-and-structure-in-biblical-hebrew-narrative-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}