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Jeremiah's and Ezekiel's Sign-Acts: Rhetorical Nonverbal Communication: No. 283 (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies) - Hardcover

Friebel, Kelvin G.

 
9781850759195: Jeremiah's and Ezekiel's Sign-Acts: Rhetorical Nonverbal Communication: No. 283 (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1850759197 ISBN 13: 9781850759195
Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999

Synopsis

The books of Jeremiah and Ezekiel contain the majority of the biblical accounts of prophetic sign-actions. By analysing these two prophets' actions according to the terms and concepts used in studies of nonverbal communication and rhetoric, this work seeks to bring conceptual and terminological clarity to the discussion of prophetic sign-acts and to enhance the perception of the prophets as persuasive communicators. Rather than prophetic sign-acts being viewed as having a magical derivation or as being inherently efficacious in bringing about what they portray, the sign-acts are viewed as being primarily forms of nonverbal communication whose purpose was to have a persuasive impact upon spectators.

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About the Author

Kelvin G. Friebel is Associate Professor of Old Testament Studies at Alliance Theological Seminary, Nyack, New York.

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Publisher
Sheffield Academic Press
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1850759197
ISBN 13 
9781850759195
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
535