معرفی کتاب «Encounters in the Dark: Identity Formation in the Jacob Story (Semeia Studies)» نوشتهٔ Noel Forlini Burt، منتشرشده توسط نشر The Society of Biblical Literature در سال 2020. این کتاب در فرمت pdf، زبان انگلیسی ارائه شده است.
An interdisciplinary study of a familiar patriarchal narrative Encounters in the Dark: Identity Formation in the Jacob Story traces the many moments of darkness in the life of Jacob. From the darkness of his mother's womb, to the darkness Jacob uses to deceive his father and his brother, to the night he sleeps on the ground with just a stone for a pillow at Bethel, and to the triumphant scene of wrestling God by the Jabbok River, the biblical story frequently situates Jacob in the darkness. Through an exploration of key moments in Jacob's story, Noel Forlini Burt follows Jacob's journey from home to exile and back home again. His story symbolizes the larger story of Israel's own wrestling with God in the darkness of exile and return. Features An exploration of the poetics and rhetoric of the Jacob story An examination of characterization in its ancient and modern contexts An analysis of individual and collective identity
An interdisciplinary study of a familiar patriarchalnarrative
Encounters in the Dark: Identity Formation in the JacobStory traces the many moments of darkness in the life ofJacob. From the darkness of his mother's womb, to the darknessJacob uses to deceive his father and his brother, to the night hesleeps on the ground with just a stone for a pillow at Bethel, andto the triumphant scene of wrestling God by the Jabbok River, thebiblical story frequently situates Jacob in the darkness. Throughan exploration of key moments in Jacob's story, Noel Forlini Burtfollows Jacob's journey from home to exile and back home again. Hisstory symbolizes the larger story of Israel's own wrestling withGod in the darkness of exile and return.
Features
- An exploration of the poetics and rhetoric of the Jacobstory
- An examination of characterization in its ancient and moderncontexts
- An analysis of individual and collective identity
"Encounters in the Dark: Identity Formation in the Jacob Story traces the many moments of darkness in the life of Jacob from the darkness of his mother's womb to the triumphant scene of wrestling God by the Jabbok River. Through an exploration of key moments in Jacob's story, Noel Forlini Burt follows Jacob's journey from home, to exile, and back home again. His story symbolizes the larger story of the Israel's own wrestling with God in the darkness of exile and return"-- Provided by publisher