Nahmanides on Genesis
Subtitle: the art of biblical portraiture
By: by Michelle J. Levine.
Series: Brown Judaic studies -- no. 350
Publisher: Brown University
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Providence, RI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 482
ISBN-13: 9781930675698
Subjects: Naḥmanides, -- ca. 1195-ca. 1270; Bible. -- O.T. -- Genesis -- Biography; Bible. -- O.T. -- Genesis -- Criticism, Narrative; Characters and characteristics in the Bible; Bible as literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The inner world of biblical character; title: The literary roles of character epithets; title: Revelation of character through dialogue; title: Gapping and characterization; title: Detailing character actions; title: Knowledge versus ignorance: disparities in point of view; title: The literary strategy of varied repetition; title: The cast of biblical characters; title: Conclusion.