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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778718403321

Autore

Parker Simon B

Titolo

Stories in scripture and inscriptions [[electronic resource] ] : comparative studies on narratives in Northwest Semitic inscriptions and the Hebrew Bible / / Simon B. Parker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997

ISBN

0-19-774131-2

1-280-47013-5

0-19-535382-X

0-585-30486-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Disciplina

221.6/6

296.1

Soggetti

Narration in the Bible

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-182) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; ONE: Introduction: Reading Biblical and Other Ancient Near Eastern Narratives; TWO: Petitionary Narratives; THREE: The Story of the Siloam Tunnel; FOUR: Stories of Military Campaigns; FIVE: Stories of Appeals for Military Intervention; SIX: Stories of Miraculous Deliverance from a Siege; SEVEN: Conclusion: The Roles of the Stories and the Role of the Deity; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Ancient Sources; General Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book compares a variety of biblical narratives with the stories found in several Northwest Semitic inscriptions from the ancient kingdom of Judah and its contemporary Syro-Palestinian neighbors. In genre, language, and cultural context, these epigraphic stories are closer to biblicalnarratives than any other ancient Near Eastern narrative corpus. For the first time, Parker analyzes and appreciates these stories as narratives and sets them beside comparable biblical stories. He illuminates the narrative character and techniques of both epigraphic and biblical stories and in manycases revea