03267nam 2200661Ia 450 991078221120332120230421044148.01-281-81391-597866118139180-567-06261-9(CKB)1000000000549977(EBL)436440(OCoLC)283798078(SSID)ssj0000248034(PQKBManifestationID)12094213(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000248034(PQKBWorkID)10200193(PQKB)10556225(MiAaPQ)EBC436440(Au-PeEL)EBL436440(CaPaEBR)ebr10250849(CaONFJC)MIL181391(OCoLC)893334183(EXLCZ)99100000000054997719970307d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSodom and Gomorrah[electronic resource] history and motif in biblical narrative /Weston W. FieldsSheffield, Eng. Sheffield Academic Pressc19971 online resource (233 p.)Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;231Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Hebrew University of Jerusalem), 1992.0-567-60250-8 1-85075-633-3 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 THE MOTIF: 'THE STRANGER IN YOUR GATES'; Chapter 3 SUBMOTIFS RELATED TO THE TREATMENT OF SOCIETAL OUTSIDERS; Chapter 4 SUBMOTIFS RELATED TO TIME AND SPACE; Chapter 5 THE SUBMOTIF: 'SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF STRANGERS'; Chapter 6 THE SUBMOTIF 'DESTRUCTION OF A CITY BY FIRE'; Chapter 7 MOTIF AND MESSAGE: POLITICAL POLEMICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 'STRANGER IN YOUR GATES' MOTIF; Chapter 8 THE REUSE AND AMPLIFICATION OF THE SODOM TRADITION IN THE HEBREW BIBLE; Chapter 9 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of ReferencesIndex of AuthorsAccording to Fields, biblical narrative is didactic socio-religious commentary on human experience, reflected in 'history', and that such 'history' is a way of describing the conceptual universe of the ancient authors. Biblical narrative is strikingly free of abstract formulations but encapsulates abstract reflections, within recurring literary motifs, and by the reporting of 'historical information'. This perception of biblical narrative is strikingly illustrated by an analysis of the story of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19). The motifs of the Sodom tradition are compared with those in the stJournal for the study of the Old Testament.Supplement series ;231.Narration in the BibleGentiles in the Old TestamentStrangers in the BibleNarration in the Bible.Gentiles in the Old Testament.Strangers in the Bible.222.1106222/.066Fields Weston W1514543MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782211203321Sodom and Gomorrah3798980UNINA