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The names of God :

(Number (ISBN

0585353166

(Number (ISBN

1280453168

(Number (ISBN

6610453160

(Number (ISBN

9780585353166

(Number (ISBN

9781280453168

(Number (ISBN

9786610453160

Erroneous ISBN

0195109651

Erroneous ISBN

9780195109658

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b756843

Title Proper

The names of God :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

poetic readings in biblical beginnings /

First Statement of Responsibility

Herbert Chanan Brichto.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1998.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xvii, 462 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations

Text of Note

Companion vol. to the author's Toward a grammar of biblical poetics, 1992.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 458-459) and index.

Text of Note

In The Names of God, as in his previous study, Toward a Grammar of Biblical Poetics (OUP, 1992), Herbert Brichto continues to argue against the atomistic readings of the Hebrew Bible by the currently dominant schools of Biblical scholarship. He maintains, that despite the repetitions and self contradictions found in the Five Books of Moses, the Pentateuch possesses an aesthetic and ideological wholeness. Its harmonious blend of stories and structures inform one another as they give shape and meaning to the relationship and expectations between a benevolent God and recalcitrant humankind. In particular, Bichto focuses his "poetic" reading on the Book of Genesis. He uses the methods of contemporary literary criticism to examine one of the greatest inconsistencies within Genesis, the alternating use of Yahweh (the Lord) and Elohim (God) as names for the Deity. Often cited as the proof of multiple authorship, Brichto shows, instead, that this "inconsistency" serves as a device for a single author, using the specific name that is appropriate to each specific story.; Brichto then proceeds to overturn other multiple-author proofs, including variations in genealogies, eponyms, and chronologies. He shows that their variety, ingenuity, and imaginative whimsy serve a vital poetic function in the structure of the text as a whole. Finding a unity in this diversity of genres, styles, and devices, Brichto overturns many of the assumptions of current scholarship as he solidifies his thesis of single authorship.

Title

Names of God.

International Standard Book Number

0195109651

Bible., Genesis-- Authorship.

Bible., Genesis-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible., Genesis.

Authorship.

Genesis (bijbelboek)

RELIGION-- Biblical Studies-- Old Testament.

Tekstgeschiedenis.

HRDB

REL-- 006210

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Edition

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Book number

Brichto, Herbert Chanan.

Date of Transaction

20201204170635.0

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[Book]

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