Asking for Rhetoric : : The Hebrew Bible's Protean Interrogative / / Kenneth Craig.
What is a question? Kenneth Craig poses this query in the introductory chapter of his innovative study on the function of interrogatives in the Hebrew Bible. He describes a question as "a special literary phenomenon. A question is an opening that seeks to be closed, and its rhetorical play deri...
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| Superior document: | Biblical Interpretation Series ; Volume 73 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston, MA : : Brill Academic Publishers,, [2005] ©2005 |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Biblical interpretation series ;
Volume 73. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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| Summary: | What is a question? Kenneth Craig poses this query in the introductory chapter of his innovative study on the function of interrogatives in the Hebrew Bible. He describes a question as "a special literary phenomenon. A question is an opening that seeks to be closed, and its rhetorical play derives from how it disposes its energies: how it invites opening, how it imposes closure" (p. 2). Carefully analyzing texts from Genesis, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, Haggai and Zechariah, Craig demonstrates the nuanced and multifaceted ways in which the Hebrew Bible's interrogatives function to advance the Bible's literary and ideological goals. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9047415035 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Kenneth Craig. |