Art and Meaning: Rhetoric in Biblical Literature
by David M. Gunn, Alan J. Hauser, David J. A. Clines
JSOT Press 1982
Overview
Biblical authors were artists of language who created their meaning through their verbal artistry, their rhetoric. These 12 essays see meaning as ultimately inseparable from art and seek to understand the biblical literature with sensitivity to the writer’s craft.
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Key Features
- Examines Exodus 1–14
- Offers an interpretation of Isaiah 28
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Contributors
- Martin Kessler
- Alan Jon Hauser
- Charles Isbell
- Ann M. Vater
- David M. Gunn
- George W. Coats
- J. Cheryl Exum
- J. Kenneth Kuntz
- John S. Kselman
- David J. A. Clines
- Charles Thomas Davis III
- Edwin C. Webster
Product Details
- Title: Art and Meaning: Rhetoric in Biblical Literature
- Editors: Alan J. Hauser, David J. A. Clines, and David M. Gunn
- Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
- Publication Date: 2009
- Pages: 266
About the Editors
David J. A. Clines is a professor of biblical studies and head of department in the University of Sheffield.
David M. Gunn is A. A. Bradford Professor of Religion at the Texas Christian University.