Reading the Siloam inscription as narrative

Stephen Llewelyn; Natasha Heap; Alexandra Wrathall

doi:10.1177/0309089217702887

Reading the Siloam inscription as narrative

Stephen Llewelyn^*, Natasha Heap, Alexandra Wrathall

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Abstract

The Siloam inscription and tunnel have been a focus of interest due to the coincidence of the monumental construction, an inscription describing the last phase of that construction and the apparent reference to the same tunnel in the Hebrew Bible. By all counts, the inscription offers a lively report of the events in which the main characters are the hewers themselves; however, although the text shows the features of narrative, it has not been subjected to an analysis using the tools and insights offered by narratology. The aim of the present study is to provide such an analysis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	343-358
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
Volume	43
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0309089217702887
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2019

Keywords

levels of narrative
metonymic extension
narratology
Siloam inscription
'syuzhet'

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