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The Cry to God in the Old Testament (review)

The Cry to God in the Old Testament (review) Hebrew Studies 31 (1990) Reviews interests of the community. Rather than ask what the duplication of the list of returnees (Ezra 2, Neh 7) says about the compositional history of the book(s), she views this repetition as a literary device, an inclusio surrounding the three movements that make up the center of the narrative. According to Eskenazi, the story begins with a defmition of an overall objective, the building of the house of God (Ezra I: 1-4). This is realized in three movements, each beginning with a return from diaspora and having its own structure of conflict and resolution, emphasizing the role of the people and written documents: (1) the initial return to rebuild the temple (Ezra 1:5-6:22); (2) the return under Ezra to rebuild the community (7:110:44); (3) the return under Nehemiah to rebuild the city (Neh 1:1-7:5). The initial objective of rebuilding the house of God is so defined as to embrace the rebuilding of the entire city; only then is there an extensive account of celebration (Neh 8:1-13:31). Eskenazi's book is a stimulating volume, a seminal application of literary approaches in a corpus where one would have expected such an approach to be less fruitful. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Hebrew Studies National Association of Professors of Hebrew

The Cry to God in the Old Testament (review)

Harris, J. Gordon.
Hebrew Studies , Volume 31 (1) – Oct 5, 1990
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Hebrew Studies 31 (1990) Reviews interests of the community. Rather than ask what the duplication of the list of returnees (Ezra 2, Neh 7) says about the compositional history of the book(s), she views this repetition as a literary device, an inclusio surrounding the three movements that make up the center of the narrative. According to Eskenazi, the story begins with a defmition of an overall objective, the building of the house of God (Ezra I: 1-4). This is realized in three movements, each beginning with a return from diaspora and having its own structure of conflict and resolution, emphasizing the role of the people and written documents: (1) the initial return to rebuild the temple (Ezra 1:5-6:22); (2) the return under Ezra to rebuild the community (7:110:44); (3) the return under Nehemiah to rebuild the city (Neh 1:1-7:5). The initial objective of rebuilding the house of God is so defined as to embrace the rebuilding of the entire city; only then is there an extensive account of celebration (Neh 8:1-13:31). Eskenazi's book is a stimulating volume, a seminal application of literary approaches in a corpus where one would have expected such an approach to be less fruitful.

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Hebrew Studies – National Association of Professors of Hebrew

Published: Oct 5, 1990

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