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Narration And Discourse In The Book Of Genesis

by New Jersey) Hugh C. White (rutgers University

  • Paperback
  • 328 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.9 cm

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For theologians and students of biblical narratives

Enhances understanding of Genesis through semiotic theory

You will gain new insights into biblical storytelling methods

This book offers a fresh perspective on Genesis through narrative analysis.

This book is a fine example of what can be contributed to theological understanding through a study of narrative. By means of a semiotic analysis of the Genesis stories, White shows how each stage in the growth of the biblical tradition is an interpretation of some body of prior tradition, while the writing of the Genesis narrative centres around the types of possible relations of the writer's discourse to the discourse of that writer's characters (a theory developed from Bakhtin). This book's approach is distinctive in its use of semiotic theory to engage in close readings of the texts to show the way in which the style and plots of specific narratives lead to new perceptions and understandings. This contrasts to studies which aim for a more formal description of biblical narratives (Fokkelman), or more global descriptions of biblical poetics (Sternberg).
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Narration And Discourse In The Book Of GenesisNarration And Discourse In The Book Of Genesis

  • Title

    Narration And Discourse In The Book Of Genesis

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    February 2008

  • Weight

    482g

  • Page Count

    328

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521050265

  • ISBN-10

    052105026X

  • Eden Code

    1135218

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