Narrative analogy in the Hebrew Bible : : battle stories and their equivalent non-battle narratives / / by Joshua A. Berman.

This volume sheds fresh light upon the phenomenon of narrative doubling in the Hebrew Bible. Through an innovative interdisciplinary model the author defines the notion of narrative analogy in relation to other literatures where it has been studied such as English Renaissance drama and makes extensi...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2004.
Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
Series:Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, v. 103.
Vetus Testamentum, Supplements 103.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 244 pages)
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material / Joshua A. Berman
  • Introduction: Narrative Analogy and the Metaphor Plot / Joshua A. Berman
  • The Second Battle at Ha-ai Aosh 8:1-29) and the Trial of Achan (7:10-26) / Joshua A. Berman
  • The Battle Against Benjamin (Judg 20:40-48) and the Rape of the Concubine (Judg 19:22-27) / Joshua A. Berman
  • The Appointment of Jephthah as Commander in Chief (Judg 10:17-11:11) and the Reproach of the People by God (Judg 10:6-16) / Joshua A. Berman
  • Two Days of Feasting (Esth 5:1-8) and Two Days of Fighting (Esth 9:1-16) in the Book of Esther / Joshua A. Berman
  • The Battle at Baal Perazim (I Chr 14:8-12) and the Account of Perez Uzzah (1 Chr 13:1-14) / Joshua A. Berman
  • The Battle at Ramoth Gilead (2 Chr 18:28-19:3) and the Pre-Battle Deliberations of Ahab and Jehoshaphat (2 Chr 18: 1-27) / Joshua A. Berman
  • Conclusions: The Battle Report and Narrative Analogy in Light of the Present Study / Joshua A. Berman
  • Appendix: Narrative Analogy and the Battle Report in the Ancient Near East / Joshua A. Berman
  • Bibliography / Joshua A. Berman
  • General index / Joshua A. Berman
  • Index of Scriptural References / Joshua A. Berman.