02733nam 2200601Ia 450 991045318770332120200520144314.01-281-81433-497866118143350-567-17606-1(CKB)1000000000552521(EBL)436462(OCoLC)280993961(SSID)ssj0000185436(PQKBManifestationID)12065215(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000185436(PQKBWorkID)10210927(PQKB)10401388(MiAaPQ)EBC436462(Au-PeEL)EBL436462(CaPaEBR)ebr10250994(CaONFJC)MIL181433(OCoLC)893334199(EXLCZ)99100000000055252119990901d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJeremiah's and Ezekiel's sign-acts[electronic resource] /Kelvin G. FriebelSheffield Sheffield Academicc19991 online resource (545 p.)Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;283Description based upon print version of record.1-85075-919-7 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 THEORETICAL BASES FOR UNDERSTANDING JEREMIAH'S AND EZEKIEL'S SIGN-ACTS; Chapter 2 JEREMIAH'S AND EZEKIEL'S SIGN-ACTS; Chapter 3 SIGN-ACTS AS NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; Chapter 4 THE RHETORIC OF JEREMIAH'S AND EZEKIEL'S SIGN-ACTS; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of AuthorsThe books of Jeremiah and Ezekiel contain the majority of the biblical accounts of prophetic sign-actions. By analysing these two prophets' actions according to the terms and concepts used in studies of nonverbal communication and rhetoric, this work seeks to bring conceptual and terminological clarity to the discussion of prophetic sign-acts and to enhance the perception of the prophets as persuasive communicators. Rather than prophetic sign-acts being viewed as having a magical derivation or as being inherently efficacious in bringing about what they portray, the sign-acts are viewed as beinJournal for the study of the Old Testament.Supplement series ;283.Nonverbal communicationElectronic books.Nonverbal communication.224.206224/.206Friebel Kelvin926879MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453187703321Jeremiah's and Ezekiel's sign-acts2082122UNINA