Hidden Polemics in Biblical Narrative

by Yaira Amit

In current usage polemics is broadly defined as the practice of rhetorical persuasion or as the rhetorical presentation of an argument in dispute. The phenomenon of polemics is found throughout the whole corpus of biblical literature. In most instances the polemics is direct, but sometimes indirect, and occasionally it appears to be deliberately covert.
This book is primarily concerned with exploring the phenomenon of covert polemics. Dealing first...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004101535
• ISBN13: 9789004101531
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.6" x 6.4"