Pivot Patterns in the Former Prophets (JSOT Supplement Series)

✍ Scribed by Nathan Klaus

• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 313
• Series: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 247
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This study concerns a literary stylistic aspect of the Hebrew Bible known as the pivot pattern, which is an elaborated multilateral chiastic structure. It expresses a clear link between form and content.'

✦ Table of Contents

Pivot Patterns in the Former Prophets......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 11
1. Predecessors and Precursors......Page 14
2. Methodology......Page 24
3. The Connection between the Pivot Pattern and its Content......Page 26
4. The Boundaries and the Elements of the Pivot Pattern......Page 32
5. The Principle of Chapter Division......Page 34
6. Scope and Boundaries......Page 35
7. Terminology......Page 38
1. Introduction......Page 40
2. Solomon's Order to Fall upon Joab (1 Kings 2.31-34)......Page 41
3. The Judaean Man of God's Words to the King and God's Words to Him (1 Kings 13.8-9, 16-17, 22)......Page 51
4. God's Instructions to Elijah to Hide in Wadi Cherith (1 Kings 17.2-7)......Page 58
5. The Healing of Na'aman (2 Kings 5.8-15)......Page 65
6. Gideon's Instructions to his Men (Judges 7.17)......Page 75
7. Eli Urges Samuel to Reveal to Him the Words of God (1 Samuel 3.17)......Page 76
8. God's Words to Samuel Concerning the Coronation of a King (1 Samuel 8.7-9)......Page 80
9. David's Oath that Solomon Shall Succeed Him as King (1 Kings 1.24-35)......Page 84
10. Summary......Page 95
1. Introduction......Page 98
2. Summary of the Reign of Abimelech (Judges 9.56-57)......Page 99
3. The Philistines' Defeat following Goliath's Death (1 Samuel 17.51-54)......Page 102
4. The Philistines' Abuse of King Saul's Body and their Message (1 Samuel 31.9-10)......Page 108
5. David's Reaction to the Death of the Child (2 Samuel 12.16-20)......Page 111
6. The Robbing of the Holy Artifacts by Members of the Tribe of Dan (Judges 18.16-17)......Page 118
7. David in the Wilderness of Ziph (1 Samuel 23.14-15)......Page 123
8. The People's Approval of David's Deeds (2 Samuel 3.36)......Page 129
9. The Nature of King Solomon's Rule (1 Kings 4.20–5.5)......Page 133
10. Menahem Son of Gadi Pays Tax to Pul (2 Kings 15.18-21)......Page 137
11. Summary......Page 141
1. Introduction......Page 144
2. Joab's Words to David (2 Samuel 3.24-25)......Page 145
3. The Dialogue between Michal and David (2 Samuel 6.20-22)......Page 153
4. 'And a Certain Man Saw It and Told Joab' (2 Samuel 18.10-11a)......Page 169
5. Summary......Page 176
1. Introduction......Page 178
2. Jonadab Son of Shimeah's Words to King David (2 Samuel 13.32-33)......Page 179
3. Na'aman's Words to Elisha (2 Kings 5.18)......Page 185
4. Hezekiah's Prayer (2 Kings 19.15-19)......Page 189
5. The Advice of Hushai to Absalom and its Approval (2 Samuel 17.7-14)......Page 195
6. Abishag's Role: The Advice of David's Slaves (1 Kings 1.2)......Page 211
7. Summary......Page 216
2. The Law of the Blasphemer and the Law of the Murderer (Leviticus 24.13-23)......Page 219
3. Amos' s Reproof Regarding the Holy Places of Judaea and of Israel (Amos 5.4-6)......Page 228
4. The Fate of the Wicked (Psalms 12.4-5)......Page 234
5. The Chronicler's Preface to the Listing of the Sons of Reuben (1 Chronicles 5.1-3)......Page 238
6. Summary......Page 244
1. The Scope of the Patterns......Page 245
2. The Limits of the Patterns......Page 246
3. The Subject Matter of the Patterns......Page 249
4. The Identity of the Speaker in the Patterns......Page 251
5. The Relation between the Pivot of the Pattern and its Conceptual–Literary Climax......Page 254
6. Symmetry and Lack of Symmetry in Pivot Patterns......Page 257
7. Word Pairs and Word Combinations in Parallel Elements......Page 262
8. Patterns Exhibiting Ordered Repetition......Page 273
9. Redactional Patterns......Page 274
10. Textual Witnesses to the Pivot Patterns......Page 275
11. Consequences of the Pivot Patterns......Page 278
Bibliography......Page 280
Index of References......Page 297
F......Page 309
O......Page 310
Z......Page 311
Back Matter......Page 312