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This is a comparative study of three of Herman Melville's novels: Moby-Dick (1851), Benito Cereno (1855) and Bartleby, the Scrivener (1853). Though these three novels seem to be loosely associated, I argue that they are closely connected. The three characters, Ahab, Babo and the…

This literary-rhetorical study develops and applies a methodology for discerning irony in Hebrew Bible narrative to 1 Kgs 16:29–22:40 and then pursues implications of its findings for questions raised by source, redactional, and socio-historical investigations of this unit, King…

In order to understand the historical context of a biblical text, the role of archaeology and the relationship of the biblical text to what actually happened in ancient times needs to be explored. This thesis will attempt to ascertain the historical context of King Ahab as it re…