Treatise on Biblical Rhetoric

by Meynet, Roland; Arnold, Leo; Solichin, Rubianto; Briese, Llane B.

• ISBN13: 9789004224186
• ISBN10: 9004224181
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-01-01
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

The specific laws of composition of biblical texts, which were first discovered from the mid-eighteenth century, are becoming increasingly well-known. This Treaty represents the sum of Biblical and Semitic rhetoric, in an abbridged translation of the French original. The first chapter traces the history of the discovery of biblical rhetoric, the last chapter opens future prospects. The main text of the book is organized into three sections covering the three major fields of research: 1. Composition: The Levels of Composition, The Figures of Composition, Rewriting. 2. Context: Intratext, Intertext, The Center of concentric constructions. 3. Interpretation: Editing and translating, Composition and Interpretation, Intertext and Interpretation, The gift of interpretation. Numerous examples illustrate this methodical and rigorous exposition.

Author Biography

Roland Meynet, Jesuit, Doctor-es-Lettres, has taught for twenty years at St. Joseph's University in Beirut and the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Jerusalem. For twenty years he has been teaching Biblical Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University. In 2006 he was awarded the Grand prix de philosophie de I'Acadmie Franaise.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The History	p. 27
Composition
The Levels of Composition	p. 51
The Figures of Composition	p. 129
Rewriting	p. 187
Context
Intratext	p. 235
Intertext	p. 253
The Center of concentric constructions	p. 279
Interpretation
Editing and translating	p. 313
Composition and Interpretation	p. 335
Intertext and Interpretation	p. 371
The gift of interpretation	p. 397
Prospects	p. 407
Conclusion	p. 429
Bibliography	p. 435
Index of authors	p. 445
Index of biblical references	p. 449
Index of technical terms	p. 461
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