Illuminating personality : the dynamics of characterization in Biblical Hebrew Literature
The plan of this thesis is to outline the various techniques of characterization, and to illustrate how they operate in the biblical literature. Accordingly, the study is divided into two sections. First, after an introduction tracing the rise of the literary approach and a survey of the study of character by biblical scholars, ~Part One~ delineates an analytic framework for studying the elements of characterization. The framework, which is subdivided into characterization achieved through narration and intimated through direct discourse, is ~heuristic~. It serves to specify the main techniques, and is designed to explore literary questions of character in the text. These categories are descriptive, providing definitions and clarity to terms such as 'motif' and 'irony' as they relate to the study of character. Second, ~Part Two~ is composed of a series of chapters entitled ~the dynamics of characterization~. This section features close readings of six selected biblical texts, with a specific emphasis on character and the accompanying techniques of characterization. This thesis provides an introduction to the study of character in biblical literature, and a ~foundational~ description of the elements of characterization
Bodner, Keith David
Philosophy
Illuminating personality : the dynamics of characterization in Biblical Hebrew Literature. The plan of this thesis is to outline the various techniques of characterization, and to illustrate how they operate in the biblical literature. Accordingly, the study is divided into two sections. First, after an introduction tracing the rise of the literary approach and a survey of the study of character by biblical scholars, ~Part One~ delineates an analytic framework for studying the elements of characterization. The framework, which is subdivided into characterization achieved through narration and intimated through direct discourse, is ~heuristic~. It serves to specify the main techniques, and is designed to explore literary questions of character in the text. These categories are descriptive, providing definitions and clarity to terms such as 'motif' and 'irony' as they relate to the study of character. Second, ~Part Two~ is composed of a series of chapters entitled ~the dynamics of characterization~. This section features close readings of six selected biblical texts, with a specific emphasis on character and the accompanying techniques of characterization. This thesis provides an introduction to the study of character in biblical literature, and a ~foundational~ description of the elements of characterization
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