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The Evasive Text: Zechariah 1-8 and the Frustrated Reader

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Evasive Text: Zechariah 1-8 and the Frustrated Reader
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Mark Cameron Love
SeriesThe Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9781841270203
ClassificationsDewey:224.9806
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Sheffield Academic Press
Publication Date 1 November 1999
Publication Country United Kingdom

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.