Closure in Biblical Narrative by Susan Zeelander
There has been much discussion of narrative aspects of the Bible in recent years, but the ends of biblical narratives - how the ends contribute to closure for their stories and how the ending strategies affect the whole narrative - have not been studied comprehensively. This study shows how the writers and editors of short narratives in Genesis gave their stories a sense of closure (or in a few cases, the sense of non-closure). Multiple and sometimes unexpected, forms of closure are identified; together these form a set of closural conventions. This contribution to narrative poetics of the Hebrew Bible in the light of source criticism will also be valuable to those who are interested in narrative and in concepts of closure.
Susan Zeelander, Ph.D.,University of Pennsylvania, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (2010), lectures at academic conferences and for lay groups, primarily on narrative in the Hebrew Bible. She is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania.
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| ISBN 13 | 9789004218222 |
| ISBN 10 | 900421822X |
| Title | Closure in Biblical Narrative |
| Author | Susan Zeelander |
| Series | Biblical Interpretation Series |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Brill |
| Year published | 2011-12-23 |
| Number of pages | 248 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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