Reading law : the rhetorical shaping of the Pentateuch /
Watts here argues that conventions of oral rhetoric were adapted to shape the literary form and contents of the Pentateuch. The large-scale structure-stories introducing lists of laws that conclude with divine sanctions-reproduces a common ancient strategy for persuasion. The laws' use of direc...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Sheffield :
Sheffield Academic Press,
©1999.
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| Series: | Biblical seminar ;
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
