Prophets, priests, and promises: essays on the Deuteronomistic history, Chronicles, and Ezra-Nehemiah
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Sources -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1 History and Historiography in Ancient Judah -- Chapter 1 Constructing the Israelite Past in Ancient Judah (I) -- 1 Introductory Observations -- 2 Chronological Segmentation and Typology in Deuteronomistic Historiograp...
| Summary: | Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Sources -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1 History and Historiography in Ancient Judah -- Chapter 1 Constructing the Israelite Past in Ancient Judah (I) -- 1 Introductory Observations -- 2 Chronological Segmentation and Typology in Deuteronomistic Historiography -- Chapter 2 From Israel to Judah in the Deuteronomistic Writing: A History of Calamities? -- 1 Challenges Posed by Deuteronomy's Mandate for the Unification of Yahwistic Worship -- 2 From the Steppes of Moab to the City of David -- 3 "Cast from My Presence": The Promises Annulled? -- 4 From Solomon to the End of the Davidic Kingdom -- 5 Conclusions -- Chapter 3 Constructing the Israelite Past in Ancient Judah (II) -- 1 Introductory Observations -- 2 Selectivity and Segmentation in Ezra-Nehemiah -- 3 Selection and Segmentation in the Chronistic Writing -- 4 Conclusions -- Part 2 Mimesis, Prophetic Succession, and Scribal Prophecy -- Chapter 4 Synoptic Texts, Mimesis, and the Problem of "Rewritten Bible" -- 1 Old is Good: An Overview of Mimesis in the Ancient World -- 2 Reliving the Past? Examples of Mimetic Literature in the Ancient World -- 3 Rewritten Bible or Mimesis? -- 4 Out with the Old, In with the New: Disputes and Dangers in the Use of Mimesis -- 4.1 Parody -- 4.2 Plagiarism -- 5 Conclusions -- Chapter 5 Theft or Mimesis? The Non-Citation of Older Writings in Chronicles -- 1 Chronicles and Joshua -- 2 The Source Citations in Chronicles and in Kings -- 3 Conclusions -- Chapter 6 "As It is Written": What Were the Chronicler's Prophetic Sources? -- 1 Prophetic Sources in Chronicles: Recent Studies -- 2 Written Prophetic Works-Unity amid Diversity? -- 3 Prophetic Sources and the Evaluation of the Past -- 4 Conclusions -- Chapter 7 "Yhwh will Raise Up for You a Prophet like Me": Prophetic Succession in Chronicles -- 1 Introduction. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (471 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9004444890 |