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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828025403321

Autore

Schultz Richard L

Titolo

The search for quotation [[electronic resource] ] : verbal parallels in the prophets / / Richard L. Schultz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic Press, c1999

ISBN

1-281-80387-1

9786611803872

0-567-16395-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 180

Disciplina

224/.066

Soggetti

Quotation

Quotation 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; Abbreviations; Part I: THE STUDY OF PROPHETIC QUOTATION; Chapter 1 PROPHECY AND QUOTATION IN OLD TESTAMENT RESEARCH; Chapter 2 THE ASSESSMENT OF PROPHETIC QUOTATION; Part II: QUOTATION IN NON-PROPHETIC LITERATURES; Chapter 3 QUOTATION IN ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN LITERATURE; Chapter 4 QUOTATION IN EARLY JUDAISM; Chapter 5 QUOTATIONS OF PROVERBIAL SAYINGS AND OTHER SPEAKERS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT; Chapter 6 QUOTATION IN WESTERN LITERATURE; Part III: A NEW APPROACH TO PROPHETIC QUOTATION; Chapter 7 PROPHETIC QUOTATION: METHODOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS TOWARD A NEW APPROACH

Chapter 8 THE ANALYSIS OF PROPHETIC QUOTATIONChapter 9 CONCLUSION: PROPHETIC QUOTATION-PROBLEMS, PERSPECTIVES, PROSPECTS; Appendix: Verbal Parallels in the Book of Isaiah; Bibliography; 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; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

A thorough study of quotation within ancient and modern literatures is the background for this new approach to alleged quotations within the prophetic writings. The common claim that specific verbal parallels result from the conscious repetition of the words of a predecessor is



beset by difficulties. After examining quotation in non-prophetic (ancient Near Eastern, early Jewish, Old Testament wisdom and narrative, and modern Western) literatures, Schultz proposes a new model for interpreting verbal parallels that utilizes several criteria for identifying quotation and combines diachronic with