More Than Meets the Ear: Discovering the Hidden Contexts of Old Testament Conversations
More Than a simple exchange of words, conversations in the biblical narratives offer an array of clues that define the characters and their relationships, the setting of the conversations, and the language the characters employ. Using current critical communication theories from a number of fields - anthropology, sociology, psychology, and literary studies - Victor Matthews analyzes such conversations as the interchange between Judah and Tamar, Moses and Jethro's back-and-forth, Ezra's public...
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More Than a simple exchange of words, conversations in the biblical narratives offer an array of clues that define the characters and their relationships, the setting of the conversations, and the language the characters employ. Using current critical communication theories from a number of fields - anthropology, sociology, psychology, and literary studies - Victor Matthews analyzes such conversations as the interchange between Judah and Tamar, Moses and Jethro's back-and-forth, Ezra's public address, and the dialogues recorded in Daniel.
1 Analyzing Biblical Dialogue with Sociolinguistics and Discourse Analysis 12 Discourse and Cognition in the Story of Judah and Tamar 273 Conversation Analysis and Embedded Dialogue 674 Dialogue as a Social Kaleidoscope: Using Positioning Theory 1015 Spatiality and Context 131 Glossary of Technical Terms 165 Bibliography 169 Subject Index 188 Scripture Index 193
