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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782256703321

Autore

Jacobson Rolf A

Titolo

'Many are saying' [[electronic resource] ] : the function of direct discourse in the Hebrew psalter / / Rolf A. Jacobson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark International, c2004

ISBN

1-281-80275-1

9786611802752

0-567-49650-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 397

Disciplina

223/.2066

Soggetti

Direct discourse in the Bible

Quotation in the Bible

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Princeton Theological Seminary), 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS; Chapter 2 'THEY WHET THEIR TONGUES LIKE SWORDS': THE FUNCTION OF ENEMY QUOTATIONS; Chapter 3 'AS FOR ME, I SAID': THE FUNCTION OF SELF QUOTATIONS; Chapter 4 'THE LORD HAS SWORN': THE FUNCTION OF GOD QUOTATIONS; Chapter 5 'LET ISRAEL SAY': THE FUNCTION OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTATIONS; CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

In recent years, Old Testament scholars have come to see that the aesthetic and rhetorical richness of Hebrew poetry goes far beyond simple synonymous, antithetic, and synthetic parallelism. One aspect that has yet to receive sustained treatment is the poetic device known as direct discourse or quotation-the direct citation of a person's speech. Rolf A. Jacobson remedies this lack and makes a significant contribution to Old Testament studies by offering a sustained investigation into the function of direct discourse in the Hebrew Psalter. This leads to a greater understanding both of direct di