Art and Meaning: Rhetoric in Biblical Literature
(Paperback, NIPPOD)
Publishing Details
Art and Meaning: Rhetoric in Biblical Literature
By (Author) Alan J. Hauser
Edited by David J. A. Clines
Edited by Dr. David M. Gunn
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Sheffield Academic Press
1st November 2009
NIPPOD
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Christianity
Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts
Physical Properties
Paperback
266
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
432g
Description
Biblical authors were artists of language who created their meaning through their verbal artistry, their rhetoric. These twelve essays see meaning as ultimately inseparable from art and seek to understand the biblical literature with sensitivity to the writer's craft. Contents: David Clines, The Arguments of Job's Friends. George Coats, A Moses Legend in Numbers 12. Charles Davis, The Literary Structure of Luke 1-2. Cheryl Exum, A Literary Approach to Isaiah 28. David Gunn, Plot, Character and Theology in Exodus 1-14. Alan Hauser, Intimacy and Alienation in Genesis 2-3. Charles Isbell, Story Lines and Key Words in Exodus 1-2. Martin Kessler, Methodology for Rhetorical Criticism. John Kselman, A Rhetorical Study of Psalm 22. Kenneth Kuntz, Rhetorical Criticism and Isaiah 51.1-16. Ann Vater, Form and Rhetorical Criticism in Exodus 7-11. Edwin Webster, Pattern in the Fourth Gospel.
Author Bio
David Clines is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies in the University of Sheffield, UK. Dr. David M. Gunn is A.A. Bradford Professor of Religion Emeritus at the Texas Christian University.
