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Watts here argues that conventions of oral rhetoric were adapted to shape the literary form and contents of the Pentateuch. The large-scale structure-stories introducing lists of laws that conclude with divine sanctions-reproduces a common ancient strategy for persuasion. The laws' use of direct address, historical motivations and frequent repetitions serve rhetorical ends, and even the legal contradictions seem designed to appeal to competing constituencies. The instructional speeches of God an
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- Author
- James Washington Watts
- Publisher
- Sheffield Academic Press
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780567193339
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Christian, Religion, Bible
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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