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 numner of fields - anthropology, sociology, psychology and literary studies - Victor Matthews analyses 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.
By crossing disciplinary divides as he does, Matthews creates a working synthesis that brings these embedded biblical dialogues off the page, breathing life into the social world that created them. His groundbreaking study will appeal to serious Old Testament students who want to stretch beyong traditional exegetical methods.
By crossing disciplinary divides as he does, Matthews creates a working synthesis that brings these embedded biblical dialogues off the page, breathing life into the social world that created them. His groundbreaking study will appeal to serious Old Testament students who want to stretch beyong traditional exegetical methods.
