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Lot and His Daughters (Gen 19:30–38). Further Literary and Stylistic Examinations
Get PDFin the text. A literary analysis shows that repetitions of terms from the semantic fields of kinship and sexual intercourse provide special emphasis to the theme of a sexual act occurring between father and daughters. Instead of the expected relations in which fathers own their daughters, the daughters depicted here possess and manipulate their father. Moreover, taking into account that the general initiative and focalization are assigned to the elder sister, the constructed narrative pattern departs from the more common biblical pattern in which the younger siblings are more dominant and theologically prominent. While some scholars have suggested that the daughters had no choice, and even acted heroically, the analysis suggested here may lead to a reading that considers the reported sexual acts as negative and uncommon among Israelites
Review of Horsley, Richard A. (ed.), In the Shadow of Empire: Reclaiming the Bible as a History of Faithful Resistance (Louisville, Ky.: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2008).
No full textReview of Cotrozzi, Stefano, Expect the Unexpected: Aspects of Pragmatic Foregrounding in Old Testament Narratives (LHBOTS, 510: New York: T & T Clark, 2010).
No full textReview of Matthews, Victor H., , More than Meets the Ear: Discovering the Hidden Contexts of Old Testament Conversations (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2008).
No full textReview of Fischer, Stefan, Das Hohelied Salomos zwischen Poesie und Erzählung: Erzähltextanalyse eines poetischen Textes (FAT, 72; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2010).
No full textEeny Meeny Miny Moe. Who Is The Craftiest To Go?
Get PDFPrevious research on Gen 3:15b, known as part of God’s curse to the snake, has highlighted the interpretation difficulties with regard to the verb שוף. However, the ambiguity involves more words as well as the grammar of the verse. This article revisits the curse proposing an ambiguous reading as the Hebrew text offers it. First, the lexical ambiguity of the words שוף, ראש, and עקב enters multiple ideas of hurting, guarding, threatening and blowing; head and poison; heel and crafty trickster. Secondly, the grammatical structure of the verse adds to the indefinite nature. The words ראש and עקב can function as relative accusatives as in the traditional rendering or as vocatives or appositions to subject or object. Thirdly, the deliberate confusion allows connecting small and larger narratological units. It reveals a play between two characters, the snake and God, trying to outclass each other in terms of craftiness. Thus, the ambiguous language in Gen 3:15b is not a problem; it is the key to interpretation
Review of Hagedorn, Anselm C. and Henrik Pfeiffer (eds.), Die Erzväter in der biblischen Tradition: Festschrift für Matthias Köckert (BZAW, 400; Berlin, de Gruyter, 2009).
No full textReview of Tooman, William A. and Michael A. Lyons (eds.), Transforming Visions: Transformations of Text, Tradition, and Theology in Ezekiel (Princeton Theological Monograph Series, 127; Eugene, Oreg.: Pickwick, 2010).
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