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Chronicles and Ben Sira: Questions of Genre
- Author(s):
- Christine Mitchell (see profile)
- Date:
- 2011
- Subject(s):
- Bible. Chronicles
- Item Type:
- Essay
- Tag(s):
- Hebrew bible, Chronicles, Ben Sira
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6T43J26H
- Abstract:
- In this article I will intentionally be bringing together Chronicles and Ben Sira. Their relationship will be problematized, and I will be looking for possibilities of using Ben Sira (whose date and context are more easily determined) for furthering our understanding of the genre and context of Chronicles. It will be argued that the Chronicler was a broadly literate author (as was Ben Sira), who used a number of literary techniques in order to achieve his ideological aims. Key for both authors was the use of “inserted genres,” and this concept will be explored in this article. Both authors interacted with past literary texts, re-using them and re-writing them, while they re-invented the literary genres in which they used them. This notion of genre is drawn from the work of Mikhail Bakhtin, which will be elaborated in this article.
- Notes:
- unedited ms.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Book chapter Show details
- Pub. Date:
- 2011
- Book Title:
- Rewriting Biblical History: Essays on Chronicles and Ben Sira in Honor of Pancratius C. Beentjes
- Author/Editor:
- J. Corley & H. van Grol
- Page Range:
- 1 - 25
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 5 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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