TY - BOOK AU - Chan, Alan Kam-Yau AU - Chan,Alan Kam-Yau TI - Melchizedek Passages in the Bible: A Case Study for Inner-Biblical and Inter-Biblical Interpretation SN - 9783110440089 U1 - B68.2 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Walter De Gruyter N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; 1 An introduction to inner biblical and inter biblical interpretation : with special reference to the melchizedek passages ...1 A survey of relevant literature ...3 A critique of de Kruijf`s article ...4 Issues regarding the ot and the NT use of the OT ...8 Issue 1: How a text is quoted ...8 Issue 2 : Hermeneutical methodology used by biblical writers ...9 Towards defining inner and inter biblical interpretation ...11 2 The issue of methodology regarding inner and inner biblical interpretation : Discourse analysis (text linguistics) ...13 Methodology : Discourse analysis ...13 Discourse analysis (text linguistics) ....14 One major issue regarding text linguistics ...15 Applications of texts linguistics to biblical studies ...18 3 The issue of methodology regarding inner biblical and inter biblical interpretation : Rhetorical criticism ...23 Methodology : Rhetorical criticism ...24 Rhetorical critism : Methodological diversity ...25 Issues of rhetorical criticism in biblical studies ...27 An adaptation of rhetorical criticism in our study ...30 Concluding remarks : The use of discourse analysis (text linguistics) and rhetorical criticism ...31 The limitations of our study ...32 Selectivity in analyzing texts ...32 Dating of the texts ...33 4 A literary and discourse analysis of genesis 14 ...34 Rhetorical criticism of genesis 14 ...34 Rhetorical criticism : determine the rhetorical unit ...35 Rhetorical criticism : An examination of the arrangement of genesis 14 ...36 Rhetorical criticism : Stylistic use of several keywords ...41 Discourse analysis of genesis 14 ...44 Discourse analysis : A syntagmatic study of the keyword ...44 Discourse analysis : A syntagmatic study of the Keywords ...46 Discourse analysis : A syntagmatic study of the keywords...47 Discourse analysis : A syntagmatic study of the keywords ...47 Discourse analysis : A Syntagmatic study of the keywords ...50 A summary of the rhetorical and discourse study and its implication for the next chapter ...56 5 A literary and discourse analysis of the contexts of genesis 14 : various texts in genesis and numbers 22-24 ...58 Studies on the cotexts of genesis 14:Various texts in genesis itself ...59 The literary thematic relationship between genesis 13 and 14 ...59 The literary thematic relationship between genesis ...14 and 15 ...61 Literary thematic relationship between genesis 12 and 14 ...63 A study of genesis 12-15 as a unit ...64 A study of the relationship between genesis 12-15 and 17 ...65 A study of the relationship between genesis 12-15 and 17 ....69 A stud of genesis 49, with special reference to v v. 8-12 in view of genesis 12-15 ...69 A study of numbers 22-24 as a cotext for genesis 14 (12-15): their literary thematic relationship ...71 The oracles of balaam in their present literary context ...72 A survey of the content of the balaam pericope ...73 A rhetorical arrangement of the four oracles ...74 A syntagmatic study of the keyword ...75 A thematic progression of the balaam oracles ...77 A summary : the literary thematic relationship between genesis 14 (12-15) and number 22-24 ...79 Concluding remarks ...80 6 A literary and discourse analysis of the contexts of genesis 14 : 2 Samuel 7 ...81 A study of 2 Samuel 7 and its relationship to genesis 14 (and its cotexts ) ...81 7 A literary and discourse analysis of psalm 110 ...97 8 The canonical shape of the psalter as contexts for understanding psalm 110: with special referrnce to psalms 1-2 and books I-IV ...119 9 The canonical shape of the psalter as cotexts for understanding psalm 110 : A study of book V of the psalter ...142 10 A literary and structural analysis of Hebrews 1-7 : An inter biblical interpretation of melchizedek ...163 11 A discourse analysis of Hebrews 1-7 : Syntagmatic use of the "son " in light of the quotations and allusions od old testament scripture ...179 12 Assessment and conclusion ...202 ER -