Lee, Kerry D.

The death of Jacob : narrative conventions in Genesis 47.28-50.26 / Kerry D. Lee - Leiden ; Boston : E. J. Brill, 2016 - xiv, 267 p. ; 25 cm. - Biblical interpretation series, 138 .

Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 The Study of Conventions in Genesis 47-50; Setting the Stage; The Scholarly Context; Biblical Studies; The Strengths and Weaknesses of Synchronic Approaches; Literary Criticism, Folklore, and Vladimir Propp; Similarities to and Differences from Propp; Summary; The Plan for What Follows; Summary; Chapter 2 The Conventional Hebrew Deathbed Story; Preliminary Remarks; Discovering the Deathbed Story; The Elements of the Deathbed Story; The Selection of the Worthy Successor; The Examples of the Deathbed Story; Genesis 24.1-25.11 (Abraham)

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Jacob (Biblical patriarch)--Biblical teaching.Bible. Genesis, XLVII, 28-L--Criticism, Narrative.

BS1235.52 / .L44 2016