Patterns of Destiny

Narrative Structures of Foundation and Doom in the Hebrew Bible

Inbunden, Engelska, 2002

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Diane Sharon uses the tools of structuralist literary criticism to uncover social and theological patterns in biblical literature. She provides a brief framework for understanding the approach used in her study, then demonstrates that the notion of destiny, specifically the ideas of establishment / foundation and condemnation / doom, are embedded in narrative that includes an eating and drinking event.

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Utgivningsdatum2002-06-30
Mått152 x 229 x 24 mm
Vikt635 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor248
FörlagPennsylvania State University Press
ISBN9781575060521

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AcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1. Introduction A Note to the Reader about Typestyle in This Volume2. Structuralism, Proppian Analysis, and Biblical NarrativeA Brief History of StructuralismTwo Main Approaches to Structural Analysis: The Syntagmatic and the ParadigmaticStructuralism and Biblical StudiesThe Relationship between Structuralism and PoststructuralismSyntagmatic Approach and Morphological Analysis as the Methodology for This StudyDifferentiating Propp’s Method from His ModelIssues of Terminology: Genre, Tale-Type, Theme, and MotifProppian Analysis and the Biblical CanonVladimir Propp and Structuralism: Approach, Method, and Model Criticism of ProppUtility of Propp’s Method for Defining Genre in Biblical NarrativeApplicability of Propp’s Method to a Biblical CorpusProppian Literary Analysis of Hebrew Bible Narrative3. Eating and Drinking as Variables in Biblical NarrativeEating and Drinking as Meaningful Literary ElementsEating and Drinking as Variable Elements within Other ConstantConstants within Which Eating and DrinkingAre VariablesCultMiracleSymbolic ActionDreamEtiologyMilitary LeadershipPerfidyMisfortuneMourning and Supplication4. The Unexpected Absence of Eating and DrinkingThe Absence of Eating and DrinkingEating and Drinking on Life-Cycle OccasionsAnnunciation, Birth, and CircumcisionWeaningEspousalBlessingCommissioningDeath and ResurrectionEating and Drinking in CelebrationSummary of Eating and Drinking as a Variable within Other Constants5. Patterns of Destiny: Eating and Drinking as Constants within the Establishment/Foundation GenreMorphology and GenreMethodological ConsiderationsSample AnalysisPatterns of Destiny: Establishment and CondemnationThe Foundation Pattern in Ancient SumerThe Foundation Pattern Elsewhere in the Ancient Near EastPatterns of Destiny: Establishment6. Patterns of Destiny: Eating and Drinking as Constants within the Condemnation/Doom GenreAccounts of Doom in the Hebrew BibleDoom of King and DynastyCondemnation of the North and the SouthElaborated but Clear Morphological ExamplesJacob: Ascendence through GuileInanna: Ascendence through GuileRuth: Establishment of the Line of DavidHaman: Doom of a VillianSennacherib: Doom of an Enemy of IsraelThe Doom Pattern in Accounts of ParadiseThe Paradise Account in the Hebrew BibleA Sumerian Account of ParadiseAn Akkadian Account of Paradise LostAkkadian Accounts of Human Mortality7. Patterns of Destiny: Variations and Adaptations Ellipses, Transpositions, and Reversals in Patterns of DestinyAn Allusion to the Foundation PatternAncient Near Eastern ParallelsBiblical Allusion to Ancient Near Eastern ParallelsAllusions and References to the Doom PatternCondemnation of NoahCondemnation of Jeroboam, First King of the NorthCondemnation of Ben-hadad of AramSaul: Doom of Dynasty and Condemnation to DeathSolomon’s Anointing and the Doom of an Attempted AccessionInversion and Other VariationsGideon’s CallAnnunciation of Samson’s BirthMorphological Reversals and the Reversal of ExpectationsJacob’s Descent to EgyptNehemiah Rebuilds JerusalemSaul’s ReversalsDoom of the United KingdomDoom of the Northern KingdomThe Morphological Message of Hope in CaptivityThe Restorations of Job, Joseph, and JehoiachinThe Foundation Pattern Alluded to in 2 Kings 25Prophetic Adaptations and TransformationsHaggaiProphetic Initiation of Ezekiel and JeremiahPatterns of Destiny Transformed into Metaphor8. Summary and ConclusionSummaryFinding the Ancient ReaderFuture StudyFinding New Theological MeaningBibliography of Works CitedIndex of Authors CitedIndex of Scripture Citations