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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823957203321

Autore

Kissling Paul J

Titolo

Reliable characters in the primary history : profiles of Moses, Joshua, Elijah and Elisha / / Paul J. Kissling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic Press, c1996

ISBN

1-281-81382-6

9786611813826

0-567-11156-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series. ; ; 224

Disciplina

221.922

Soggetti

Prophets

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. [202]-209) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 THE RELIABILITY OF MOSES IN DEUTERONOMY; Chapter 2 THE RELIABILITY OF JOSHUA; Chapter 3 THE RELIABILITY OF ELIJAH; Chapter 4 THE RELIABILITY OF ELISHA; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This volume challenges the assumptions that modern readers tend to make about four of the Hebrew Bible's most prominent heroes. Using a form of reader-response theory, Kissling examines the assumption that these characters are primary vehicles of the narrator's point of view. In three of the four cases it is concluded that traditional idealistic assumptions do not do justice to the textual evidence in its final form. The work calls upon the reader to consider the subtlety of the means used in portraying these heroes and gives evidence for the decidedly negative aspects in their portrayals.