Dialogue or Narrative? Exploring Tensions between Interpretations of Genesis 38
We examine dialectical tensions between “dialogue” and “narrative” as these discourses supplant one another as the fundamental discourse of intelligibility, through juxtaposing two interpretations of Genesis 38 rooted in changing interpretative paradigms. Is dialogue properly understood as a narrati...
Main Authors: | Nathan Eric Dickman, Joy Spann |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-11-01
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Series: | Religions |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/11/947 |
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