The Sense of Biblical Narrative II
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The Sense of Biblical Narrative II

Structural Analyses in the Hebrew Bible

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The Sense of Biblical Narrative II

Structural Analyses in the Hebrew Bible

About this book

These three studies continue the methods and aims of Volume I (1978, 2nd edn 1986), applying a structuralist method developed mainly from Claude LTvi-Strauss and A.J. Greimas to various texts and problems in the narrative sections of the Hebrew Bible. The new studies go beyond those of the previous volume, however, in two ways. They begin to take account of the deconstructive method of Derrida, the 'standing on its head' of structuralism; and they seek to make a contribution to feminist and liberation exegesis and hermeneutics. The first study is a deconstruction of Genesis 2-3, showing that the oppositions which the text purports to establish (including divine vs. human and male vs. female) are in fact assumed in advance. The second deals with the implicit political theory of the Deuteronomists, and discovers an 'indeterminate' attitude to monarchy. The third, inspired by Norman K. Gottwald and seeking, from a great methodological distance, to illuminate his problematic of Israel's origins, analyses the attitude implied by the Bible towards Transjordan and the Israelites who live there.

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Information

Publisher
Sheffield Academic Press
Year
1987
Print ISBN
9781850750109
eBook ISBN
9780567426802
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Studies

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Introduction
  3. Chapter 1 MYTH AND ITS LIMITS IN GENESIS 2.4b–3.24
  4. Chapter 2 DEUTERONOMIC POLITICAL THEORY IN JUDGES AND 1 SAMUEL 1–12
  5. Chapter 3 'THE JORDAN A BOUNDARY': TRANSJORDAN IN ISRAEL'S IDEOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY
  6. Notes
  7. Works Consulted
  8. Index of Authors