The Evasive Text: Zechariah 1-8 and the Frustrated Reader (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement S., #296) (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

by Mark Love

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This work employs an eclectic mix of structuralist and post-structuralist theories in a doomed attempt to discover the symbolic logic at work in Zechariah 1-8s surreal narrative world. Lengthy analyses of Zechariahs intra- and intertextual logic, or lack thereof, are presented. It is finally concluded that Zechariah lacks a concrete symbolic logic, defies grammatical conventions and is unreadable as it stands-and always was this way. One suggestion is that it was the intent of the author, conceived of in a postmodern way, to produce such a work. It is finally concluded that the post-prophetic age of Hebrew literature has much in common with the postmodern.
  • ISBN10 1841270202
  • ISBN13 9781841270203
  • Publish Date 1 November 1999 (first published 1 June 1989)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Sheffield Academic Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 272
  • Language English