The Rhetoric of the Book of Judges
- ISBN-10
- 9004275878
- ISBN-13
- 9789004275874
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 568
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995-12-02
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Author
- Robert H. O'Connell
Description
This volume describes how Judges' rhetorical devices (e.g., narrative analogy, entrapment, foreshadowing) inspire its readers to support a divinely appointed Judahite king who endorses the deuteronomic agenda, and illustrates a new method for understanding how plot-layered stories work.
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