The plot-structure of Genesis: 'will the righteous seed survive?' in the muthos-logical movement from complication to dénouement
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction: The Story of Plot and the Book of Genesis -- The Story of Plot -- The Moral of the Story of Plot -- Two Criteria for Assessing Plot-structure -- Do All the Narrative Episodes Contribute to the...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Boston
BRILL
2018
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| In: |
Biblical interpretation series (160)
Year: 2018 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Patterson, Todd L., The plot-structure of Genesis : 'will the righteous seed survive?' in the muthos-logical movement from complication to dénouement] (2025) (Rieske, Susan M.)
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| Series/Journal: | Biblical interpretation series
160 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Genesis
/ Narrative technique
/ Righteousness
/ Interpretation of
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Myth
B Genesis B Rhetoric B Hermeneutics B Compounding Textual linguistics |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction: The Story of Plot and the Book of Genesis -- The Story of Plot -- The Moral of the Story of Plot -- Two Criteria for Assessing Plot-structure -- Do All the Narrative Episodes Contribute to the Plot-structure? -- Does the Proposed Plot-structure Work Together with Recognized Features of Genesis? -- The Plot of Genesis -- What is Righteousness? -- Chapter 2 A Muthos-logical Reading Strategy for Genesis -- The Tôlĕdôt Headings and the Plot-structure of Genesis -- Thomas' Ready-made Solution? The Influence of Genealogy on the Macrostructure of the Text -- Steinberg, Tengström, and Koch and the Genealogico-narrative Arrangement of Genesis -- A Suggested Macrostructure for the Book of Genesis -- A Summary of the Approach -- Chapter 3 In the Beginning: The Return to God's Creation-sanctuary -- Genesis 1: The Sanctuary as the Controlling Metaphor for Creation -- Literary Shaping in Genesis 1 -- Sanctuary Symbolism in Genesis 1 -- Genesis 2-3: Can Humanity Return to God's Creation-sanctuary? -- Genesis 2: Focusing in on Humanity in YHWH God's Creation-sanctuary -- Genesis 2:5-17: The Creation of Man Narrative -- Genesis 2:18-25: The Creation of Woman Narrative -- Genesis 3: Expulsion from the Creation-sanctuary and the Plot of Scripture -- Genesis 4: The Matrix of Plot for the Book of Genesis -- Comparing and Contrasting Genesis 3-4: Delineating Two Lines of Seed -- The Complication of Genesis: Will the Righteous Seed Survive? -- Genesis 4 as Matrix of Motifs -- Summary: The Complication that Drives the Narrative -- Chapter 4 The Noah Plexus: The Undoing of the Undoing of Creation -- The Structure of the Narrative -- The Creation Allusions in the Flood Narrative -- Parallels in ANE Literature -- A Thinking Together of the Flood Narrative. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (257 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-36251-2 |