From: "Martin A. Shields" <mshields AT mail.usyd.edu.au>
To: Liz Fried <lizfried AT umich.edu>, "'Biblical Hebrew'" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Cc:
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Qohelet Genre T.Longman
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 10:00:15 +1000
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 arguement 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.
He also includes a small section on previous research into FAAs, so I guess
others have recognised the genre as well.