The Death Of Jacob: Narrative Conventions In Genesis 47.28-50.26 (biblical Interpretation)
by Kerry Dwaine Lee /
2015 / English / PDF
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InThe Death of Jacob: Narrative Conventions in Genesis
47.28-50.26
The Death of Jacob: Narrative Conventions in Genesis
47.28-50.26 Kerry Lee investigates the deathbed story of the
patriarch Jacob and uncovers the presence of a variety of
conventional structures underlying its composition, especially a
conventional deathbed story or type scene also found in numerous
other texts in the Hebrew Bible and non-canonical Jewish
literature. Finding fault both with traditional diachronic
approaches as well as more recent synchronic studies, Lee uses an
eclectic but coherent blend of contemporary methods (drawn from
narratology, linguistics, ritual theory, legal theory, assyriology,
and other disciplines) to show that despite its probably composite
pre-history the last three chapters of Genesis have been
intentionally and artfully structured by the hand predominately
responsible for their final form.
Kerry Lee investigates the deathbed story of the
patriarch Jacob and uncovers the presence of a variety of
conventional structures underlying its composition, especially a
conventional deathbed story or type scene also found in numerous
other texts in the Hebrew Bible and non-canonical Jewish
literature. Finding fault both with traditional diachronic
approaches as well as more recent synchronic studies, Lee uses an
eclectic but coherent blend of contemporary methods (drawn from
narratology, linguistics, ritual theory, legal theory, assyriology,
and other disciplines) to show that despite its probably composite
pre-history the last three chapters of Genesis have been
intentionally and artfully structured by the hand predominately
responsible for their final form.
