Ethics and biblical narrative
a literary and discourse-analytical approach to the story of Josiah
by Sungmin Min Chun
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This book proposes a methodological framework for an ethical reading of Old Testament narrative and demonstrates its benefits and validity by providing an exemplary reading of the story of Josiah in Kings. Part One delineates the meaning of "ethical reading" practised in the work. The theoretical framework is critically adopted from Martha Nussbaum. This approach to ethics does not extract general rules out of story, rather it allows the reader to appreciate the world of the story itself, which is analogous with real life. Part Two expounds "synchronic literary criticism anchored in discourse analysis" and elucidates its use for ethical reading of Old Testament narrative. Part Three offers exemplary ethical readings and shows how discourse analysis can help the literary issues such as plot delimitation and characterisation. Through the ethical commentary of the story of Josiah, the theme of contingency in life can be noticed to prevail in the story. --Book jacket.
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Ethics and biblical narrative: a literary and discourse-analytical approach to the story of Josiah
2014, Oxford University Press
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0199688966 9780199688968
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-256) and indexes.
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