Double Narratives in the Old Testament

Download or read book Double Narratives in the Old Testament written by Aulikki Nahkola and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-11-21 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the importance of variant forms of Old Testament narratives in prompting the development of the criticism of the Bible. The recognition of the recurrence of stories in variant forms in the Old Testament has been seminal to the birth and development of biblical criticism. The author assesses the role of the “double narrative phenomenon” in the evolution of Old Testament methodology, from its earliest documentary theories to its most recent literary ones, with the help of current literary, folklore and textual studies.