Some Observations On the Analysis of Structure in Biblical Narrative

Abstract

In recent years an increasing number of studies has been published devoted to the investigation of the literary features of biblical narratives 1). Whereas in the past biblical scholars paid attention primarily to genetic questions, with a view to restoring the original, authentic form of the narratives by peeling off additions and disposing of alterations, lately there has been evidence of a growing tendency to deal with the biblical narrative in its present shape. Needless to say, this new literary approach is not to be confused with the formcritical method, which occupies itself mainly with questions of genre, formulas and other more or less fixed forms, and with their Sitq im Leben 2). The present literary method is concerned mainly with the

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