Performative Dimensions of Rhetorical Questions in the Hebrew Bible
Do You Not Know? Do You Not Hear?
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2018 - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Language
English
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- Open LibraryOL37250126M
- ISBN-139780567553232
- OCLC Control Number1137180887
- OCLC Control Number1137178700
- Library of Congress Control Number2020002160
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- LCCBS1199.R5 A33 2020
Description
"This book sets out to describe the multi-dimensional nature and function of rhetorical questions in the Old Testament. Biblical scholars have previously analyzed the use of rhetorical questions in both Testaments, but consistently describe their function in persuasive terms. While this understanding is appropriate in a number of instances, many rhetorical questions do not operate this way, and Jim W. Adams focuses in particular on rhetoric expressing the self-involvement of both the speaker and hearer"--
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