Biblical Narrative and the Death of the Rhapsode

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CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Abbreviations xi 1. Introduction: The Novelty of Biblical Narrative 1 2. From Song to Story: The Genesis of Narrative in Judges 4 and 5 17 3. Narration and Discourse: The Linguistic Dualism of Biblical Narrative and Its Literary Consequences 35 4. Represented Consciousness in Biblical Narrative 77 5. Biblical Time and Epic Time: From Grammar to Narrative Technique 124 6. The Art of Biblical Narrative as Technique: Making Strange the Tradition 161 7. Conclusion: Toward an Archaeology of Ancient Israelite Knowledge 190 Notes 215 Bibliography 269 Index 285 ...