Rhetorical Analysis: An Introduction to Biblical Rhetoric (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)
by Roland Meynet
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The analysis of biblical rhetoric has been developed only in the last 250 years. The first half of this book outlines the history of the method known as rhetorical analysis in biblical studies, illustrated by numerous texts. The work of Lowth (who focused on 'parallelism'), Bengel (who drew attention to 'chiasmus'), Jebb and Boys (the method's real founders at the turn of the nineteenth century) and Lund (the chief exponent in the mid-twentieth century) are all discussed, as is the current show more full blooming of rhetorical analysis. The second half of the book is a systematic account of the method, t show lessTags
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Roland Meynet, Jesuit, Doctor-es-Lettres, has taught for twenty years at St. Joseph's University in Beirut and the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Jerusalem. For twenty years he has been teaching Biblical Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University. In 2006 he was awarded the Grand prix de philosophie de I'Acadmie Franaise.
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- 220.66 — Religion The Bible The Bible Interpretation and criticism (Exegesis) Literary criticism
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- BS537 .M4513 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion The Bible The Bible Works about the Bible The Bible as literature
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