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Encountering the Divine

by George Savran
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9780567043917
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Continnuum-3pl
  • Publisher Imprint: Continnuum-3pl
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 288
  • Original Price: GBP 195.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 581 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Christianity / Literature & the Arts and Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament

An examination of the literary and theological dynamics of the divine-human encounter as reflected in theophany narratives in the Hebrew Bible. The point of departure for this study is a type-scene analysis which reveals a common structure to theophany narratives. Beginning with the separation of the protagonist from human society, the text moves to a visual and verbal revelation by the Deity, and records a range of human reactions to the experience. Each of the texts concludes with a description of a more externalized reaction, which marks the carrying over of the experience into a larger societal framework.

The analysis develops the underlying structural and contentual similarity among texts which have traditionally been understood as belonging to different literary genres. The discussion offers a nuanced treatment of the range of literary strategies employed by the narrative for addressing these elements.

In addition to a detailed analysis of each of the above components of the type-scene, there is discussion of issues such as the idea of the lethal nature of the encounter and intertextual relations between the narratives.

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George Savran is Senior Lecturer in bible at the Schechter Institute for Jewish Studies, Jerusalem. He is the author of 'Telling and Retelling' (1988) and has published widely on biblical narrative and biblical poetry.

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