TY - GEN T1 - Song and story in biblical narrative : the history of a literary convention in ancient Israel T2 - Indiana studies in biblical literature. A1 - Weitzman, Steven, 1965- LA - English PP - Bloomington PB - Indiana University Press YR - 1997 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm44958471 AB - Journeying from ancient Egyptian battle accounts to Aramaic wisdom text to early retellings of biblical tales in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish-Hellenistic literature, and rabbinic midrash, Steven Weitzman follows the history of the use of song in biblical narrative from its origins as a congeries of different literary behaviors to its emergence as a self-conscious literary convention. Weitzman shows that the perception among early Jews that biblical narrative was a normative text governing both religious and literary behavior played a catalytic role in transforming this practice into a distinctively "biblical" literary form. This book sheds light not only on one of the Bible's more perplexing literary traits but on literary practice in ancient Israel and shows how the changing literary expectations and religious sensibilities of readers can lead them to reimagine the texts they seek to understand OP - 209 CN - BS1171.2 .W45 1997eb SN - 0585104743 SN - 9780585104744 SN - 0253332362 KW - Bible. : Old Testament : Language, style. KW - Bible. : Old Testament : Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - Bible. : A.T. : Langue. KW - Bible. : Ancien Testament : Critique, interprétation, etc. KW - Bible. : A.T. : Style. KW - Bible. : Old Testament KW - Bibel : Altes Testament KW - Bibel KW - Hebrew poetry, Biblical : History and criticism. KW - Narration in the Bible. KW - Poésie hébraïque biblique : Histoire et critique. KW - Narration dans la Bible. KW - RELIGION : Biblical Criticism & Interpretation : Old Testament. KW - Language and languages : Style KW - Hebrew poetry, Biblical KW - Narration in the Bible KW - Erzählen KW - Literaturgattung KW - Lyrik KW - Lied KW - Liederen. KW - Oude Testament. KW - Hebräisch. KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. ER -