2nd Hand - Literary Criticism Of The Old Testament By Norman Habel

2nd hand  in as new condition. copywright 1971

Thdiscipline of literary criticism focuses upon the structure, style, forms and sources of a document. This method helps the student understand a text i terms of its  literary units, composition and purpose. In an interesting and lucid manner, Norman Habel offers an introduction to this method as it is applied to the Old Testament. He begins with a brief outline of the history of the Old Testament literary criticism and surveys the major techniques involved in the method. He proceeds with concrete examples at an elementary level, using Genesis 1-9 as his primary text to illustrate how one can isolate litary sources. In the light of these techniques and examples, the author analyzes the characteristics and themes of two major sources in the Pentateuch: the Yahwist and the Priestly Writer. Utalyzing Habel's guidelines the reader can appreciate the rich diversity of Old Testament thought.

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