Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peter.r.kirk AT ntlworld.com>]

Liz Fried wrote:

> > On 27/6/03 1:15 AM, Liz Fried at lizfried AT umich.edu wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > I have not read Longman's book, but does the argument have to
> > >      
> > do with the use
> >    
> >
> > > of first person?
> > >      
> > Longman defines autobiography (in part) by saying "The composition must be
> > written in the first person and include reminiscences of the past life of
> > the first-person narrator." (Fictional Akkadian Autobiography, pp 40-41)
> >
> > So it isn't enough that the text is framed in the first person,
> > it needs to
> > make reference to the past life of the narrator.
> >    
>
> I guess that leaves out Ezra and Nehemiah then.
Not really. Presumably Nehemiah wrote chapter 1 some time after the 
events, or whoever did write it was thinking in terms of these being 
past events. So these are autobiographical reminiscences. It doesn't 
leave out all psalms either e.g. 37:25.

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