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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781319603321

Autore

Sharon Diane M

Titolo

Patterns of Destiny : Narrative Structures of Foundation and Doom in the Hebrew Bible / / Diane M. Sharon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Winona Lake, Ind. : , : Eisenbrauns, , 2002

©2002

ISBN

1-57506-525-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SharonDiane M

Disciplina

221.6

Soggetti

Drinking in the Bible

Dinners and dining in the Bible

Bible as literature

Structuralist criticism of sacred works

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Livres electroniques.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

TRAITEMENT SOMMAIRE.

Titre de l'ecran-titre (visionne le 7 fevr. 2014).

Revision and expansion of the author's thesis (doctoral), The literary function of eating and drinking in Hebrew Bible narrative with reference to the literatures of the ancient Near East--Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York, 1995.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-232) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Structuralism, Proppian Analysis, and Biblical Narrative -- Chapter 3: Eating and Drinking as Variables in Biblical Narrative -- Chapter 4: The Unexpected Absence of Eating and Drinking -- Chapter 5: Patterns of Destiny: Eating and Drinking as Constants within the Establishment/Foundation Genre -- Chapter 6: Patterns of Destiny: Eating and Drinking as Constants within the Condemnation/Doom Genre -- Chapter 7: Patterns of Destiny: Variations and Adaptations -- Chapter 8: Summary and Conclusion -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index of Authors Cited -- Index of Scripture Citations

Sommario/riassunto

Diane Sharon uses the tools of structuralist literary criticism to uncover



social and theological patterns in biblical literature. She provides a brief framework for understanding the approach used in her study, then demonstrates that the notion of destiny, specifically the ideas of establishment / foundation and condemnation / doom, are embedded in narrative that includes an eating and drinking event.