Speaking on the brink of Sheol
Subtitle: form and message of old testament death stories
By: by Bryan Howard Cribb ; foreword by Daniel I. Block
Series: Gorgias dissertations. Biblical studies -- 43; Gorgias dissertations -- 43.
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Piscataway, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9781607246718
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Death; Bible; Biblical teaching
Description: A groundbreaking form critical study of a previously unidentified Old Testament genre, the death story. By modifying traditional methodology, the work forges new paths in form criticism, while also providing exegetical insights into these important biblical accounts. (Barnes & Noble).
Notes: Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-344) and index.
Table of contents: title: Methodology; title: Death in Israel and in the ancient Near East; title: Death accounts in the ancient Near East and Israel and the Old Testament genre of death story; title: Form critical exegesis of the death stories in the Old Testament; title: Conclusion.