Reliable Characters in the Primary History: Profiles of Moses, Joshua, Elijah and Elisha: No. 224 (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies) - Hardcover

Kissling, Paul J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1850756171 ISBN 13: 9781850756170

Publisher: JSOT Press, 1996

Synopsis

This volume challenges the assumptions that modern readers tend to make about four of the Hebrew Bible's most prominent heroes. Using a form of reader-response theory, Kissling examines the assumption that these characters are primary vehicles of the narrator's point of view. In three of the four cases it is concluded that traditional idealistic assumptions do not do justice to the textual evidence in its final form. The work calls upon the reader to consider the subtlety of the means used in portraying these heroes and gives evidence for the decidedly negative aspects in their portrayals.

About this title

About the Author:

Andrew Mein is Tutor in Old Testament, Westcott House, Cambridge. Claudia V. Camp is Professor of Religion at Texas Christian University, USA and was on the steering committee of the Seminar. She is currently co-general editor of the LHBOTS series, as well as the author or editor of 4 books and numerous articles.

About this edition

• Publisher: JSOT Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1850756171
• ISBN 13: 9781850756170
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 226