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Reading law : the rhetorical shaping to the Pentateuch / / James W. Watts



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Autore: Watts James W Visualizza persona
Titolo: Reading law : the rhetorical shaping to the Pentateuch / / James W. Watts Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Sheffield, : Sheffield Academic, c1999
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (190 p.)
Disciplina: 222.106
222.1066
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 READING; Chapter 2 RHETORIC; Chapter 3 INSTRUCTION; Chapter 4 COMMANDMENT; Chapter 5 LAW; Postscript on Rhetorical Ethics; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors; Index of Selected Topics
Sommario/riassunto: Watts here argues that conventions of oral rhetoric were adapted to shape the literary form and contents of the Pentateuch. The large-scale structure-stories introducing lists of laws that conclude with divine sanctions-reproduces a common ancient strategy for persuasion. The laws' use of direct address, historical motivations and frequent repetitions serve rhetorical ends, and even the legal contradictions seem designed to appeal to competing constituencies. The instructional speeches of God and Moses reinforce the persuasive appeal by characterizing God as a just ruler and Moses as a faithfu
Titolo autorizzato: Reading law  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-02448-5
9786612024481
0-567-19333-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910816567503321
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Serie: Biblical seminar ; ; 59. Biblical seminar.