1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782320403321

Titolo

Among the Prophets [[electronic resource] ] : language, image and structure in the prophetic writings / / edited by Philip R. Davies and David J.A. Clines

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England, : JSOT Press, c1993

ISBN

1-281-80326-X

9786611803261

0-567-25506-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 144

Altri autori (Persone)

DaviesPhilip R

ClinesDavid J. A

Disciplina

224

224/.066

Soggetti

Prophets

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The papers presented in this volume were originally offered to the Journal for the study of the Old Testament and accepted by its editors for publication. In view of the growing pressure on space in the Journal, it was subsequently decided ... to issue them in the JSOT supplement series."--Preface.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Part I: ISAIAH; Hearing and Seeing: Metamorphoses of a Motif in Isaiah 1-39; On ûm[sup(e)]śôś in Isaiah 8.6; Of Lions and Birds: A Note on Isaiah 31.4-5; The Construction of the Subject and the Symbolic Order: A Reading of the Last Three Suffering Servant Songs; Radical Images of Yahweh in Isaiah 63; Part II: EZEKIEL; Ezekiel 16: Abandoned Child, Bride Adorned or Unfaithful Wife?; Ezekiel 27 and the Cosmic Ship; Structure, Tradition and Redaction in Ezekiel's Death Valley Vision; Part III: MINOR PROPHETS

In Praise of Divine Caprice: The Significance of the Book of JonahJonah: A Battle of Shifting Alliances; Jonah's Poem out of and within its Context; The Redactional Shaping of Nahum 1 for the Book of the Twelve; Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z



Sommario/riassunto

Prophetic symbolism is one of the key topics of this volume. On Isaiah, John F.A. Sawyer finds radical images of Yahweh, Kenneth T. Aitken looks at the metamorphosis of the key motif of hearing, seeing and understanding, Michael L. Barre examines lions and birds in 31.4-5, and Marvin A. Sweeney re-examines vmes(tm)s in 8.6. The imagery of Ezekiel is explored by Leslie C. Allen (the 'Death Valley' vision) and M.G. Swanepoel (Ezekiel 16 and female images of Israel), and Alan Cooper and Athalya Brenner write on the book of Jonah. Two essays of more general scope deal with the search for unity in

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785642803321

Autore

Berger Alan L

Titolo

Crisis and Covenant [[electronic resource] ] : The Holocaust in American Jewish Fiction

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, 1985

ISBN

0-7914-9644-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

SUNY Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture

Disciplina

813/.54/09358

Soggetti

American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism

American fiction -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism

Covenants -- Religious aspects -- Judaism

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature

American fiction - Jewish authors - History and criticism - 20th century - United States

Judaism and literature - History - 20th century - United States

American fiction - History and criticism

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature - Intellectual life

Jews - Judaism - Religious aspects

Covenants

Jews in literature

English

Languages & Literatures

American Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter ""; ""Half Title Page ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Content ""; ""Introduction: Jewish Existence""; ""Covenant Transformations""; ""Covenant and Modernity""; ""The Contemporary Covenantal Crisis""; ""Literary Response to Covenant Crisis""; ""American Judaism and the Holocaust""; ""Contributions of American Jewish Holocaust Novelists""; ""Holocaust As Watershed""; ""Holocaust Problematics""; ""Theological Responses""; ""Theology and Literature""; ""Is the Holocaust Beyond Artistic Expression?""

""Who Should Write of the Holocaust?""""Trivializing the Holocaust""; ""American Jewish Writers and the Holocaust: A Critique""; ""The Role of the American Jewish Novelist""; ""Holocaust Responses I:Judaism As A Religious Value System""; ""The Holocaust and American Diaspora Jewry""; ""Hasidic Tales""; ""Considering the Evidence""; ""Arthur A. Cohen""; ""Cynthia Ozick""; ""Hugh Nissenson""; ""Elie Wiesel""; ""Isaac Bashevis Singer""; ""Holocaust Responses II:Judaism As A Secular Value System""; ""Considering the Evidence""; ""Bernard Malamud""; ""Saul Bellow""; ""Susan F. Schaeffer""

""Cynthia Ozick""""PRE-HOLOCAUST AMERICA: JEWISH EXISTENCE AND COVENANT DIMINISHMENT""; ""Hugh Nissenson""; ""Robert Kotlowitz""; ""Conclusion""; ""Holocaust Responses III:Symbolic Judaism""; ""Considering The Evidence""; ""Philip Roth""; ""Richard Elman""; ""Edward Lewis Wallant""; ""Norma Rosen""; ""Bernard Malamud""; ""Conclusion""; ""Holocaust And Covenant""; ""The Central Question for Contemporary Judaism""; ""Holocaust Fiction Lato Sensu""; ""Problems and Possibilities""; ""Back Matter ""; ""Notes""; ""Index""