- refers to the “interests” of the text; i.e. the agenda/ intended audience which they were written with in mind (Jews/Gentiles/ educated people/common people/ Pharisee’s etc.)p.69
- repetition in the bible = the author being emphatic
- “authority argument” = citing someone powerful in order to endorse or strengthen a viewpoint (p.73)
- within biblical narratives you can see who has authority by whether or not what they say is listened to/ acted upon. Examples of this predictably include prophets and kings, but on occasion also women (think of Hagar and the Israelite spies) or Abigail Nabaal’s wife.
- Evaluative Judgement = where a portion of scripture is written with a specifically condemnatory tone; implying the authority of the writer, the Godliness of the person described, or to the contrary. E.G. 1Kings 14:21-22 (p.83)
- Regnal Formulas (p.85) = specific combinations of words/phrases which are used to introduce kings/key figures and which contain implicit judgements/ are indicative of the length of their reign and how Godly/ popular they are/were. There are 33 of these in total.
- “Modeling” (p.85) = a biblical device whereby one character is set apart either as a positive or negative role-model (think David, Nebuchadnezzar, Saul) and then their name is referenced and used interchangeably as their being a model of the attribute in question. E.g. “...of the house of David”. This tool relies heavily on prior knowledge as those reading the modelled account need to know the original story/character of the person being used as a model in order to ascertain what is being implied by their usage.
