Inner-Biblical Allusion and the Direction of Dependence: Toward a Comprehensive List of Criteria

Inner-Biblical Allusion and the Direction of Dependence: Toward a Comprehensive List of Criteria

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A prevailing need in biblical studies is a comprehensive set of valid arguments for determining the direction of dependence once a literary relationship between two texts in the Hebrew Bible is reasonably established.This study takes a Goalie - Pads - Junior step toward addressing this lacuna by inductively cataloguing, illustrating, and evaluating eight criteria used to substantiate a proposed direction of borrowing in cases of inner-biblical allusion in Isaianic scholarship.These criteria provide a working list of plausible arguments that can be used Train Case when claiming the direction of influence in other cases of inner-biblical allusion throughout the Hebrew Bible.

Such a list encourages both methodological clarity due to the increased precision of defined categories and scholarly creativity by suggesting multiple viable means to argue for the direction of dependence.