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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Commentaries Criticism, interpretation, etc History Commentaires |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Pardes, Ilana. Melville's Bibles. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2007014870 |
Named Person: | Herman Melville; Herman Melville; Herman Melville; Herman Melville; Herman Melville |
Material Type: | Document, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ilana Pardes |
ISBN: | 0520941527 9780520941526 1281385719 9781281385710 |
OCLC Number: | 347284789 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 192 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | Introduction -- Playing with Leviathan: Job and the aesthetic turn in biblical exegesis -- "Jonah historically regarded": improvisations on Kitto's Cyclopedia of biblical literature -- "Call me Ishmael": the BIble and the Orient -- Ahab, idolatry, and the question of possession: biblical politics -- Rachel's inconsolable cry: the rise of women's BIbles -- Epilogue. |
Responsibility: | Ilana Pardes. |
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"Each of the book's five chapters is deftly written and certainly demonstrates Pardes' proficiency in the fields of literary criticism and biblical exegesis." * Missiology * "Well argued and well written, this is a book for all students of Melville." * CHOICE * "A well-researched, attractively written examination of the larger biblical context of Melville's masterpiece, and it provides a capable overview of a variety of nineteenth-century exegetical and hermeneutical traditions on the five Old Testament figures it scrutinizes." * Christianity and Literature * "A fascinating account." * Review of Biblical Literature * Read more...


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