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The Evasive Text: Zechariah 1-8 and the Frustrated Reader
Hardback
Main Details
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The Evasive Text: Zechariah 1-8 and the Frustrated Reader
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Mark Cameron Love
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Series | The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:272 | Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9781841270203
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Classifications | Dewey:224.9806 |
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Audience | Undergraduate | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Imprint |
Sheffield Academic Press
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Publication Date |
1 November 1999 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This work employs an eclectic mix of structuralist and post-structuralist theories in a doomed attempt to discover the symbolic logic at work in Zechariah 1-8's surreal narrative world. Lengthy analyses of Zechariah's intra- and intertextual logic, or lack thereof, are presented. It is finally concluded that Zechariah lacks a concrete symbolic logic, defies grammatical conventions and is 'unreadable' as it stands-and always was this way. One suggestion is that it was the intent of the author, conceived of in a postmodern way, to produce such a work. It is finally concluded that the 'post-prophetic' age of Hebrew literature has much in common with the postmodern.
Author Biography
Mark Cameron Love is Assistant Professor of Euro-American Studies, Gachon Medical School, Incheon, Korea.
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