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The fate of justice and righteousness during David's reign : rereading the court history and its ethics according to 2 Samuel 8:15b-20:26 /
This work argues that 2 Sam 8:15-20:26 is a literary unit designed to show how David and his house failed to establish "justice and righteousness" during David's reign over all Israel. After an introductory chapter and a chapter on critical methodology the rest of the work is a close...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
T & T Clark,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ;
508. T & T Clark library of biblical studies. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This work argues that 2 Sam 8:15-20:26 is a literary unit designed to show how David and his house failed to establish "justice and righteousness" during David's reign over all Israel. After an introductory chapter and a chapter on critical methodology the rest of the work is a close reading of 2 Sam 8:15-20:26 that pays special attention to narrative ethics. Chapter 3 makes a case for reading 2 Sam 8:15-20:26 as a coherent literary unit reflecting an ethical world-view grounded in kindness and having as its main theme "the failure of justice and righteousness to be established during David's reign." Chapter 4 presents a case for reading 2 Sam 8:15-10:19 as an account of the beginnings of justice and righteousness during David's reign in which David's kindness towards Mephibosheth is presented as analogous to a Mesopotamian royal declaration and was performed as an inaugural act of charity upon David's ascent to the throne |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 274 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-256) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780567008633 0567008630 1283191962 9781283191968 |