Background
O'Connell, Robert Houston was born on December 4, 1955 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Son of Ronald J. O'Connell and Joan H. (Roberts) Molloy.
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This monograph explores the structure and rhetoric of the book of Isaiah. Its thesis is twofold. First, the book of Isaiah best manifests its structural unity, thematic choherence and rhetorical emphasis when read as an exemplar of prophetic covenant disputation. Second, the principal arrangement of the book comprises seven asymmetrical concentric sections, each made up of complex (triadic and quadratic) framing patterns. They are: an exordium (1.1, 2-5), two threats of judgment (2.6-21; 3.1-4.1), two programmes for the punishment and restoration of Zion and the nations (4.2-11.16; 13.1-39.8), an exoneration of Yahweh (40.1-54.17), and an appeal for covenant reconciliation (55.1-66.24).
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This volume describes how the rhetorical devices used in Judges inspire its readers to support a divinely appointed Judahite king who endorses the Deuteronomic agenda to rid the land of foreigners, to maintain inter-tribal loyalty to YHWH's cult, and to uphold social justice. Matters of rhetorical concern interpreted here include the superimposed cycle-motif and tribal-political schemata, concerns reflected in the plot-layers of each hero story, the force of narrative analogy for characterization, the strategy of entrapment which foreshadows portrayals of Saul and David in 1 Samuel, and the relation between Judges' implied situation of composition and its compiler's intention. In addition to offering new insights into the rhetorical strategy of the Judges compiler, this book aims to illustrate a new method for understanding how plot-layered stories work.
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O'Connell, Robert Houston was born on December 4, 1955 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Son of Ronald J. O'Connell and Joan H. (Roberts) Molloy.
Bachelor in music, University Western Ontario, 1978. Master of Theology in Old Testament, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1982. Doctor of Theology in Old Testament, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1989.
Doctor of Philosophy in Divinity, University Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 1993.
Associate professor Old Testament Colorado Christian University, Lakewood, Colorado, 1991-1996. Freelance writer, editor, since 1996.
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Member Society Biblical Literature, National Association professors of Hebrew, Society for Old Testament Studies (United Kingdom), American Academy Religion.
Married Mina M. Fain, August 14, 1982. Children: Nathan H., Sean M.