This book offers a distinctive solution to the interpretative difficulties surrounding Matthew's Missionary Discourse. While the discourse proper lies within a narrative framework designating the setting of its delivery, the outlined mission does not at all points agree with the…
Content: Introduction and preliminary matters -- Sirach 51:13-30 (11Q5 XXI, 11-XXII,1) -- Psalm 151A (11Q5 XXVIII, 3-12) -- Psalm 154 (11Q5.XVII, ?-XVIII, 16) -- Psalm 155 (11Q5 XXIV, 3-17) -- Apostrophe to Zion (11Q5 XXII, 1-10) -- Plea for deliverance (11Q5 XVIII, ?-XIX, 18) -…
This narrative commentary systematically examines John's Apocalypse from a narrative critical perspective. After an introduction to narrative criticism, the volume focuses on point of view, setting, rhetoric, character, and plot in the Book of Revelation. The rhetorical and symb…
Recent developments in Pentateuchal studies - from both diachronic (historical) and synchronic (literary-textual) perspectives - have made it possible to read Genesis 18 and 19, the evocative story of Abraham and Lot, in a new light. This work uses both types of approach to exam…
