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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810273303321

Autore

Meynet Roland <1939->

Titolo

Rhetorical analysis : an introduction to biblical rhetoric / / Roland Meynet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic Press, c1998

ISBN

1-281-81420-2

9786611814205

0-567-58986-2

Edizione

[[New, rev. and augm. ed.].]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 256

Disciplina

220.66

Soggetti

Rhetoric 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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface to the English edition; Preface; Abbreviations; Prologue; Introduction; PART I: The Founding Texts of Rhetorical Analysis; Chapter 1 THE FORERUNNERS (EIGHTEENTH CENTURY); Chapter 2 THE FOUNDERS (NINETEENTH CENTURY); Chapter 3 REDISCOVERY AND EXPANSION (TWENTIETH CENTURY); PART II: Exposition of Rhetorical Analysis; Chapter 4 PRESUPPOSITIONS OF RHETORICAL ANALYSIS; Chapter 5 RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LINGUISTIC ELEMENTS; Chapter 6 THE FIGURES OF COMPOSITION; Chapter 7 THE SITUATION OF RHETORICAL ANALYSIS IN THE FIELD OF EXEGESIS

Chapter 8 THE FRUITS OF RHETORICAL ANALYSIS FOR BIBLICAL EXEGESISCONCLUSION; Ugaritic text; Akkadian texts; Islamic text; Bibliography; Glossary of Technical Terms; Index of Biblical References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; O; P; R; S; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

The analysis of biblical rhetoric has been developed only in the last 250 years. The first half of this book outlines the history of the method known as rhetorical analysis in biblical studies, illustrated by numerous texts. The work of Lowth (who focused on 'parallelism'), Bengel (who drew attention to 'chiasmus'), Jebb and Boys (the method's real founders at the turn of the nineteenth century) and Lund (the chief exponent in the mid-twentieth century) are all discussed, as is the current full blooming of rhetorical analysis. The second half of the book



is a systematic account of the method, t