Pairing Research Questions and Theories of Genre: A Case Study of the Hodayot

Author: Newsom, Carol A.

Source: Dead Sea Discoveries, Volume 17, Number 3, 2010 , pp. 270-288(19)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

No single model of genre is adequate to inform all types of research questions. In this article six approaches to genre are briefly described. Then each is discussed in relation to how it has been or might be used in investigating the Qumran Hodayot.

Keywords: Qumran; Hodayot; genre; genre systems; form criticism; literary theory; family resemblance; cognitive approaches to literature

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156851710X513548

Affiliations: 1: Emory University Atlanta, Email: cnewsom@emory.edu

Publication date: 2010-09-01