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Strategies of Persuasion in Herodotus’ Histories and Genesis–Kings : (Record no. 13100)

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International Standard Book Number 9789004427976
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International Standard Book Number 9789004427969
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100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Tyrell, Eva,
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Title Strategies of Persuasion in Herodotus’ Histories and Genesis–Kings :
Remainder of title Evoking Reality in Ancient Narratives of a Past /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Eva Tyrell.
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Title proper/short title Evoking Reality in Ancient Narratives of a Past
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Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Leiden;
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Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer BRILL,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2020.
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Series statement Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism ;
Volume/sequential designation 195
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Series statement Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004407367
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Formatted contents note Acknowledgements -- PART 1: Premises and Concepts -- 1 Persuasion and Comparison -- 1 A Comparative Approach -- 2 The Writers’ Awareness for Their Craft -- 3 Characteristics of the Sources -- 2 Method, Objectives, Theory -- 1 Do Historical Narratives Employ Specific Narrative Strategies? -- 2 Comparing Texts while Granting Them Different Criteria of Validity and Plausibility -- 3 Strategies of Persuasion as Accessibility Relations -- 4 Excursus: Ancient Greek Philosophy and Rhetorical Theory -- 5 Limitation to Narratorial Discourse -- 6 Additional Premises -- 7 The Constitutive Role of the Recipient -- 8 Usefulness of the Distinction between Narrator and Author -- PART 2: Fundamentals of Narrative Structure in Herodotus’ Histories and Genesis–Kings -- 3 Highly Different Modes of Narration and Mediacy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Mediacy in Gen–Kings and Herodotus -- 3 Two Contrasting Modes of Mediation -- 4 Connecting and Disconnecting Story-World and Discourse-World -- 1 Indication of Temporal Distance between the Discourse-Now and the Past -- 2 The Proportion of Discursive Parts -- 3 The Use of Direct and Indirect Speech -- 4 Characters Indirectly Addressing the Extradiegetic Audience -- 5 Narrative Mode and Source Criticism -- PART 3: Varied Functions of Objects as Means of Persuasion -- Introduction -- 5 Material Remains as Authentication -- 1 Definition of Empirical Evidence -- 2 Overview on the Expressions of Continuity in Herodotus and Gen–Kings -- 3 Shared Characteristics of Empirical Evidence -- 4 Objects Used as Support for Established Knowledge about the Past -- 5 Objects Used as a Source of Information -- 6 The Importance of Material Remains in the Histories Is Relative -- 7 Identifying Function -- 8 Conclusion -- 6 Kinds of Presence—Do Objects Have to Be Accessible to Function as Authentication? -- 1 Border Cases: the Absence and Presence of Continuation into the Present -- 2 The Rhetoric of Lost or Hidden Monuments -- 3 Formal Criteria for Authentication Not Parsed as Evidence If Other Factors Predominate -- 4 Does Vivid Narration Suffice to Persuade of a Past Reality? -- 5 Relics as Witness in a Legal Context -- 6 Texts as Documents and Physical Relics -- 7 Conclusion -- 7 Combinations of Normative Persuasion and Authentication -- 1 Evidence for Supernatural Events as a Claim to Overall Significance -- 2 More Relics Invested with Both Empirical and Normative Plausibility -- 3 Conclusion -- 8 Objects as Visuals and Capturing a Condensed Meaning -- 1 Objects as Visuals for Motivations and Concepts -- 2 Objects as Expression of Condensed Meaning -- 3 Conclusion -- Conclusions -- Appendix -- 1 Selected Material Remains in the Biblical Account of a Past -- 2 Selected Material Remains in Herodotus’ Histories -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Summary, etc. In Strategies of Persuasion in Herodotus’ Histories and Genesis–Kings , Eva Tyrell comparatively analyzes narrative means in two monumental ancient texts about the past. Combining a narratological approach with insights of modern historical theory and biblical scholarship, she investigates patterns of narrative persuasion as a trans-cultural phenomenon and their connection with ancient concepts of reality and truth. The study contrasts differences in fundamental narrative structures of both narratives, such as mediacy and discursive versus diegetic text portions. It explores the role of material remains mentioned in the accounts to evoke or even create the reality of a past.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Persuasion (Rhetoric)
General subdivision History
Chronological subdivision To 1500.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Rhetoric, Ancient.
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Relationship information Print version:
Title Strategies of Persuasion in Herodotus’ Histories and Genesis–Kings: Evoking Reality in Ancient Narratives of a Past,
Place, publisher, and date of publication Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2020
International Standard Book Number 9789004427969
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism ;
Volume/sequential designation 195.
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Uniform title Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004407367.
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Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004427976">http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004427976</a>

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