The Elusive Covenant A Structural-Semiotic Reading of Genesis

• Main Author: Prewitt, Terry J. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Indiana University Press 1990
• Subjects: Literary theory
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The Elusive Covenant takes a fresh look at the book of Genesis, at the foundational text of the Hebrew bible. Uniting the studies of literary form, sign theory, and kinship structures, Terry J. Prewitt demonstrates the close relationship between the unfolding genealogies and the narrative structures...