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Joshua and the rhetoric of violence : a new historicist analysis /
Joshua and the Rhetoric of Violence' examines the book of Joshua as a construction of national identity. This pioneering New Historicist analysis shows how the Deuteronomist used war oracle language and epic historical lore to negotiate sociopolitical boundaries. It asserts that text and contex...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sheffield, Eng. :
Sheffield Academic Press,
©1996.
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| Colección: | Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;
226. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Joshua and the Rhetoric of Violence' examines the book of Joshua as a construction of national identity. This pioneering New Historicist analysis shows how the Deuteronomist used war oracle language and epic historical lore to negotiate sociopolitical boundaries. It asserts that text and context interacted in a programme consolidating King Josiah's authority in the wake of Assyrian imperial collapse. The book argues that the conquest narrative is not simple 'us against them' propaganda but a complex web of negotiations defining identity and otherness. The analysis draws on Foucault's principle. |
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| Notas: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Cambridge). |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (197 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-191) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780567383167 0567383164 1281813877 9781281813879 9786611813871 661181387X |