LEADER 03267nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910782211203321 005 20230421044148.0 010 $a1-281-81391-5 010 $a9786611813918 010 $a0-567-06261-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000549977 035 $a(EBL)436440 035 $a(OCoLC)283798078 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000248034 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12094213 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000248034 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10200193 035 $a(PQKB)10556225 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC436440 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL436440 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10250849 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL181391 035 $a(OCoLC)893334183 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000549977 100 $a19970307d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSodom and Gomorrah$b[electronic resource] $ehistory and motif in biblical narrative /$fWeston W. Fields 210 $aSheffield, Eng. $cSheffield Academic Press$dc1997 215 $a1 online resource (233 p.) 225 1 $aJournal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;$v231 300 $aOriginally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Hebrew University of Jerusalem), 1992. 311 $a0-567-60250-8 311 $a1-85075-633-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aContents; 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 References 327 $aIndex of Authors 330 $aAccording to Fields, biblical narrative is didactic socio-religious commentary on human experience, reflected in 'history', and that such 'history' is a way of describing the conceptual universe of the ancient authors. Biblical narrative is strikingly free of abstract formulations but encapsulates abstract reflections, within recurring literary motifs, and by the reporting of 'historical information'. This perception of biblical narrative is strikingly illustrated by an analysis of the story of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19). The motifs of the Sodom tradition are compared with those in the st 410 0$aJournal for the study of the Old Testament.$pSupplement series ;$v231. 606 $aNarration in the Bible 606 $aGentiles in the Old Testament 606 $aStrangers in the Bible 615 0$aNarration in the Bible. 615 0$aGentiles in the Old Testament. 615 0$aStrangers in the Bible. 676 $a222.1106 676 $a222/.066 700 $aFields$b Weston W$01514543 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782211203321 996 $aSodom and Gomorrah$93798980 997 $aUNINA