{"product_id":"why-did-they-write-this-katherine-m-stott-9780567027368","title":"Why Did They Write This Way?: Reflections on References to Written Documents in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the character and function of the documents mentioned in the biblical texts in relation to comparable references in literature from wider antiquity. Citing various references to written documents in the Hebrew Bible, Stott takes into consideration both those references that may point to external sources, for example, the many literary citations in the books of Kings and Chronicles, as well as certain other documents that play a role in the narrative, such as \"the book of the law\" in 2 Kings, the scrolls of Jeremiah, and the tablets of the law. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe aim of this study is not to determine to which texts external to the world of the narrative, if any, these documents refer, or to identify the content of these documents, or to reconstruct their origins and historical development. Instead, the primary focus is to understand these references within their literary context, asking why indeed they are mentioned at all and what purpose they serve in the narrative, regardless of whether they existed or not in the \"external world\", or whether the stories about them have basis in historical reality \"as it happened\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katherine M. Stott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0567027368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780567027368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e T\u0026amp;T Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.45h x 6.36w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 24","brand":"Katherine M. Stott","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44966102565119,"sku":"9780567027368","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8a88acc2-3b1f-4d78-b30a-215ad995e7d3.jpg?v=1711158867","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/why-did-they-write-this-katherine-m-stott-9780567027368","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}