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Literary Motifs and Patterns in the Hebrew Bible - Collected Essays (Hardcover)
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Literary Motifs and Patterns in the Hebrew Bible - Collected Essays (Hardcover)
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This collection gathers together Professor Shemaryahu Talmon's
contributions to the literary study of the Bible, and complements
his acclaimed Literary Studies in the Hebrew Bible: Form and
Content: Collected Studies (Jerusalem: Magnes / Leiden: Brill,
1993). The articles included herein span a broad range of topics,
closely and comprehensively assessing fundamental themes and
stylistic conceits present in biblical literature. Each study picks
up one of these motifs or patterns, and traces its meaning and
usage throughout the entire Bible. In Talmon's estimation, these
literary markers transcend all strata of the Bible, and despite
diachronic developments, they retain their basic meanings and
connotations throughout, even when employed by different authors
over a span of hundreds of years. He demonstrates this convincingly
by marshaling dozens of examples, each of which is valuable in its
own right, and when taken all together, these building-blocks form
a solid edifice that validate his approach. He judiciously employs
this synchronic method throughout, frequently invoking an
exegetical principle according to which one biblical verse can be
employed to interpret the other, if they are found in similar
contexts and with overlapping formulation. To use an expression
that he coined elsewhere, his hermeneutical method can be described
first and foremost as "The World of the Bible from Within."
Throughout the articles that appear in this volume, one is
repeatedly struck by his sensitivity to the language and style of
the biblical authors. He was blessed with a rich literary
intuition, and shares with his readers his ability to see, hear,
and understand the rhythms and poetics of biblical literature. In
this volume, many of Talmon's contributions are made accessible in
fresh form to the benefit of both those who already know his work
and to a newer generation of scholars for whom his work continues
to prove important.
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