More Than Meets the Ear: Discovering the Hidden Contexts of Old Testament Conversations (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802803849)

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, and the language they employ. Using current critical communication theories from a number of fields -- anthropology, sociology, psychology, and literary studies -- Victor Matthews analyzes such biblical conversations as the interchanges between Judah and Tamar, Moses and Jethro's back-and-forth, Ezra's public address, and the dialogues recorded in Daniel.

By crossing disciplinary divides as he does, Matthews creates a working synthesis that brings these embedded biblical dialogues off the page and breathes life into the social world that created them. His groundbreaking study will appeal to serious Old Testament students who want to stretch beyond traditional exegetical methods.


Author: Victor H. Matthews
ISBN-10: 0802803849
ISBN-13: 9780802803849
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 10/07/2008
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 02/13/2009 pg. 21
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2009 pg. 21