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"I Will Walk Among You": The Rhetorical Function of Allusion to Genesis 1-3 in the Book of Leviticus
Contributor(s): Harper, G. Geoffrey (Author)

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ISBN: 1575069733     ISBN-13: 9781575069739
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
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Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: November 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament
- Religion | Biblical Studies - Old Testament - General
- Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Religion
Dewey: 222.130
LCCN: 2018043579
Series: Bulletin for Biblical Research Supplement
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" L (1.30 lbs) 312 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
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Publisher Description:

The well-known parallels between Genesis and Leviticus invite further reflection, particularly in regard to the rhetorical and theological purpose of their lexical, syntactical, and conceptual correspondences. This volume investigates the possibility that the final-form text of Leviticus is an indirect reference to Genesis 1-3 and examines the rhetorical significance of such an allusion.

The face of Pentateuch scholarship has shifted dramatically in the last forty years, resulting in the questioning of many received truths and the employment of a host of new, renewed, and often competing methodologies by biblical scholars. This study sits at the intersection of these recent interpretive trends. G. Geoffrey Harper uses insights from the fields of intertextuality, rhetorical criticism, and speech act theory to create a methodological framework, which he applies to three Leviticus pericopes. Chapters 11, 16, and 26 are examined in turn, and for each the assessment of potential parallels at lexical, syntactical, and conceptual levels reveals a complex web of interconnected allusion to the creation and Eden narratives of Genesis 1 and 2-3. Moreover, Harper probes the theological and rhetorical import of these intertextual connections and explores how Leviticus ought to be understood in its Pentateuchal context.

This comprehensive study of the connections between these two sections of the Hebrew Bible sheds light on both the literary artistry of these ancient texts and the persuasive purposes that lie behind their composition.


Contributor Bio(s): Harper, G. Geoffrey: - G. Geoffrey Harper is Lecturer in Old Testament at Sydney Missionary and Bible College.
 
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