Representation in Old Testament narrative texts / / by Jacobus Marais.

• Superior document: Biblical interpretation series ; Volume 36
• VerfasserIn: Marais, Jacobus,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston ;, Koln : : Brill,, [1998]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 1998
• Language: English
• Series: Biblical interpretation series ; Volume 36.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

This work focuses on the literary conventions of narrative texts in the Hebrew Bible, in particular the mode of representation in the book of Judges. The theory of integrational semantics, developed by Benjamin Hrushovski, is systematized to form a theoretical framework within which representation is conceptualized. The author suggests a novel reading of the Judges-narratives to demonstrate particular conventions of representation. The notions of paradoxality, perspectivity and juxtaposition are used to demonstrate the potential value of types of logic, alternative to modernist logic, in reading ancient Hebrew narratives. A hypothetical representeme is constructed for the book of Judges to make it clear that the mode of representation is neither mimesis nor historiography, but narrative, representing by convention and not by correspondence to history.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgement -- I Presuppositions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptualisation -- 3. Hypotheses -- 4. Procedure -- II Towards a Theory of Representation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Epistemology -- 3. Linguistics -- 4. Codes and conventions -- 5. Representeme -- 6. Commitment -- 7. Conclusion -- III A Theory of Integrational Semantics -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Integrational semantics -- 3. Meaning and reference -- 4. Towards a theory of fiction -- 5. Representation within a semantic framework -- IV Representation in the Book of Judges -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Representation in the book of Judges -- 3. The first perspective: Judges 1:1-2:5 -- 4. The second perspective: Judges 2:6-3:6 -- 5. The third perspective: Judges 3:7-16:31 -- 5.1. Ehud -- 5.2. Deborah and Barach -- 5.3. Gideon/Abimelech -- 5.4. Jephtah -- 5.5. Samson -- 6. The fourth perspective: Judges 17:1-21:25 -- 7. Conclusion -- V Towards a Representeme for the Book of Judges -- VI Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Index of Authors Cited -- Biblical Interpretation Series.