Why did they write this way? : reflections on references to written documents in the Hebrew Bible and ancient literature /

Why did they write this way? : reflections on references to written documents in the Hebrew Bible and ancient literature /

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Author / Creator:	Stott, Katherine M.
Imprint:	New York : T & T Clark, ©2008.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 162 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 492 T & T Clark library of biblical studies Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 492. T & T Clark library of biblical studies.
Subject:	Bible. -- Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. -- Old Testament. Christianity. Christianity. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11262362

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ISBN:	9780567175595 0567175596 1283193841 9781283193849 9780567027368 0567027368 9780567027221 0567027228
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	This book examines the character and function of the documents mentioned in the biblical texts in relation to comparable references in literature from wider antiquity. Citing various references to written documents in the Hebrew Bible, Stott takes into consideration both those references that may point to external sources, for example, the many literary citations in the books of Kings and Chronicles, as well as certain other documents that play a role in the narrative, such as "the book of the law" in 2 Kings, the scrolls of Jeremiah, and the tablets of the law. The aim of this study is not to determine to which texts external to the world of the narrative, if any, these documents refer, or to identify the content of these documents, or to reconstruct their origins and historical development. Instead, the primary focus is to understand these references within their literary context, asking why indeed they are mentioned at all and what purpose they serve in the narrative, regardless of whether they existed or not in the "external world", or whether the stories about them have basis in historical reality "as it happened. --From publisher's description.
Other form:	Print version: Stott, Katherine M. Why did they write this way? New York : T & T Clark, ©2008 9780567027368