Sodom and Gomorrah: History and Motif in Biblical Narrative

by Weston W. Fields

Book Overview

According to Fields, biblical narrative is didactic socio-religious commentary on human experience, reflected in 'history', and that such 'history' is a way of describing the conceptual universe of the ancient authors. Biblical narrative is strikingly free of abstract formulations but encapsulates abstract reflections, within recurring literary motifs, and by the reporting of 'historical information'. This perception of biblical narrative is strikingly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567602508
• ISBN13: 9780567602503
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"