The elusive covenant : a structural-semiotic reading of Genesis /
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| Author / Creator: | Prewitt, Terry J. (Terry James), 1945- |
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| Imprint: | Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1990. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (x, 146 pages) : illustrations. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Advances in semiotics Advances in semiotics. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12587258 |
Table of Contents:
- I. Genealogies
- Genealogical patterns in Genesis 1-11
- Social patterns in Genesis 12-50
- Birth, death, and rite of passage
- Time and place
- Structural implication of the Terahite system
- The covenant of circumcision
- The definition of Israel
- II. Polity and history
- Historicity
- Mythscapes
- Tribal ranking and monarchic succession
- Birth order and maternal heritage
- Names, blessings, rank, and social structure
- Intersecting alliances of the Levites
- Territory, kingship, and social structure
- III. Structural hermeneutics
- Rhetorical structures and cultural themes
- Structural patterns in Genesis 1-14
- Genesis 1 and 14
- Genesis 2 and 13
- Genesis 3 and 12
- Adam and Abraham
- Genesis 4 and 11
- Genesis 5 and 10
- Genesis 6 and 9
- Genesis 7 and 8
- Adam, Noah, and Abram
- Toward a unified Genesis structure
- Themal analysis
- Holism and reductionism as hermeneutic principles
- IV. Mythos and Ethos
- Kinship, place, and story types
- Matrimonial alliance in Biblical narrative
- Withdrawn-woman narratives
- Central marriage narratives
- Redemption narratives
- Mythos of patriarchal succession
- Threats to lineage continuity
- Violations of patriarchal authority
- Validations of the lineage
- Justice in the resolution of conflict V. Semiosis.