02261nam 2200445 450 991082667760332120230803215316.01-4632-3618-210.31826/9781463236182(CKB)4100000008167293(MiAaPQ)EBC5906944(DE-B1597)505714(OCoLC)1100432128(DE-B1597)9781463236182(Au-PeEL)EBL5906944(EXLCZ)99410000000816729320191018d2014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBetween law and narrative the method and function of abstraction /Bernon P. LeePiscataway, New Jersey :Gorgias Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (xiv, 312 pages)Gorgias Biblical Studies ;51Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER ONE. READING NARRATIVE AND LAW -- CHAPTER TWO. READINGS IN NARRATIVE AND LAW: THE SIMPLE CASES -- CHAPTER THREE. READINGS IN NARRATIVE AND LAW: THE COMPLICATED CASES -- CHAPTER FOUR. SYNTAX AND LAW IN LEVITICUS AND NUMBERS: METHOD AND CASES -- CHAPTER FIVE. READING AND LIVING: THE RELEVANCE OF ABSTRACTION -- REFERENCE LIST -- INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORSAside from being the content of speeches by characters in narrative, how do passages of laws in the Pentateuch interact with the surrounding narratives? This book proposes that certain passages of law in Leviticus and Numbers offer direction for the interpretation of adjacent segments of narrative. This 'direction' may serve to emphasize select themes and concepts in narrative. Alternatively, it may misdirect readers, or suggest alternative options to more accessible interpretations for a stretch of narrative.Law (Theology)Biblical teachingLaw (Theology)Biblical teaching.241.2 Lee Bernon P.1638883MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826677603321Between law and narrative3981548UNINA