Berit Olam
Liturgical Press (Verlag)
978-0-8146-8824-3 (ISBN)
The purpose of rhetorical criticism is to explain not the source but the power of the text as a unitary message. This approach does not look at plot development, characterization, or other elements whose roughness makes Ezra-Nehemiah frustrating to read. Instead, it examines the three parts of the relationship - the strategies, the situations, and the effects - between the speaker and the audience. Rhetorical criticism's scrutiny of the audience in context favors the search for the ideas and structures that are indigenous to the culture of the text.
Rhetorical criticism is interested in figures of speech as means of persuasion. Therefore, to apply it to Ezra-Nehemiah, Davies concentrates on the public discourse - the orations, letters, and prayers - throughout its text. In each chapter he follows a procedure that: (1) where it is unclear, identifies the rhetorical unit in which the discourse is set; (2) identifies the audiences of the discourse and the rhetorical situation; (3) studies the arrangement of the material; (4) studies the effect on the various audiences; (5) reviews the passage as a whole and judges its success. In the conclusion, Davies explains that Ezra-Nehemiah makes theological sense on its own terms, by forming a single work in which a range of ideas is argued.
Biblical scholars as well as those interested in literary criticism, communication studies, rhetorical studies, ecclesiology, and homiletics will find Ezra and Nehemiah enlightening.
Chapters are Ezra 1:1-6," "Ezra 4:1-24," "Ezra 5:1-6: 15," "Ezra 7," "Ezra 9-10," "Nehemiah 1- 2," "Nehemiah 3-7," and "Nehemiah 8-10."
Gordon F. Davies is associate professor of Old Testament and dean of students at St. Augustine's Seminary of Toronto.
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Gordon F. Davies is associate professor of Old Testament and dean of students at St. Augustine's Seminary of Toronto. Besides his work on the early and late biblical books of Exodus and Ezra-Nehemiah, he also researches the emerging areas of cross-cultural studies and political theology.
CONTENTS
Foreword vii
Abbreviations viii
Introduction ix
Ezra 1:1-6—Literal Translation 1
Chapter One: Ezra 1:1-6 3
Ezra 4:1-24—Literal Translation 14
Chapter Two: Ezra 4:1-24 17
Ezra 5:1—6:15 Literal Translation 25
Chapter Three: Ezra 5:1-6:15 29
Ezra 7—Literal Translation 37
Chapter Four: Ezra 7 41
Ezra 9-10—Literal Translation 50
Chapter Five: Ezra 9-10 55
Nehemiah 1-2—Literal Translation 73
Chapter Six: Nehemiah 1-2 79
Chapter Seven: Nehemiah 3-7 97
Nehemiah 9—Literal Translation 105
Chapter Eight: Nehemiah 8-10 111
Conclusion 127
Bibliography 135
Subject Index 140
Scripture Index 143
Erscheinungsdatum | 09.08.2021 |
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Reihe/Serie | Berit Olam |
Verlagsort | Collegeville, MN |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 255 g |
Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare |
Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8146-8824-1 / 0814688241 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8146-8824-3 / 9780814688243 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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